While many people will tell you that commuting by bicycle is less stressful than driving, the fact remains that it can still be … well, stressful. While you could try to determine the least-taxing route by jotting down how tense you are in which places, doing so could get pretty complicated. The MindRider, however, is designed to make that process easier. It’s a “mind-reading” bike helmet that lets you create so-called mind maps of your travels.
An app on a Bluetooth-paired iPhone processes the data sent by the helmet’s brain-computer interface circuitry, and combines it with GPS data to create a mind map. This map shows the route traveled, with green “sweetspots” indicating where the rider was most relaxed, and red “hotspots” showing where they required the most concentration.
“Mind-reading” MindRider bike helmet wants you to have a sweet ride [Gizmag]