Music Through Your Helmet via The Shake
by anita • January 19, 2010 • Bike as Art • 1 Comment
How many folks listen to headphones while riding in the city? I’ve got mixed feelings about the whole thing but feel like my morning commute isn’t the same without music. I’m just carefully with the volume and have always wondered why bicyclists don’t have helmets like motorcyclists – ones that project sound from inside. This little gadget is trying to change all that. Wonder what the sounds quality is like…
The Shake offers the ability to hear your ambient surroundings at the same time as your music and given that you’re presumably wearing a helmet for good reason, situational awareness in dangerous situations is an extraordinarily good idea, particularly at just US$120. [h/t @newamsterdamize via Gizmodo]
i think the sounds around us are too important to spare any attention on even quiet music. i’ve avoided getting doored because i could hear taxi receipt printers from inside the cab. wouldn’t have heard that if i was listening to music.