Bike Tree Bike Racks Won’t Foil Monkey Thieves
This ingenious Bike Tree bike rack suspends several bikes about 7 feet off the ground keeping them out of the way of walkers and preventing theft. Too bad we’ll never see them widely used. The problem lies in the motorized lift and a locking mechanism that would use your fingerprint as a key. Even these plastic pods are too expensive for most U.S. cities—maybe we’ll see some of these things in Dubai or Singapore.
via Treehugger
By Rocky Thompson- rockythompson
May 14th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Plus, what if sometime happens to your thumb skin between when you lock up your bike and when you need to leave? How would you get your bike back? I mean, your print will grow back eventually, but you can’t just be without your bike for two weeks.