My fantasy device is based on my everyday experience of riding a bike in NYC and not being as visible and therefore less safe than a car. Many friends have gotten into bike accidents because cars and pedestrians have made reckless decisions, unaware of the consequences involved. Unfortunately due to the lack of space in the city, it would be difficult to do more to protect bikers on the road than bike lanes, which are arguably just as treacherous, as many don't respect it.
This device would focus on creating a forcefield that would protect the biker inside from traffic and pedestrians and function primarily to prevent collisions.
The user interface is designed in such a way that it has presets and sensors that give the user total control while also a feeling of safety and security. The forcefield would have three modes that are located on the frame where many gears are located and can be set to:
Automatic (at center): will detect the speed and trajectory of large moving objects towards a biker versus the trajectory of the biker and activate the forcefield when the biker is considered in danger
Always on: If a biker feels particularly unsafe whether from a threat of attack or threat of getting hit by a car the biker can manually turn on the forcefield.
Always off: When a biker does not want the forcefield to activate there is a manual off lever
The buttons on the handlebars would act as manual overrides to the levers. Pushing forward would create a forcefield, pulling toward the rider would negate the effect if necessary, and pushing down would click it into off mode.
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