Products: electric bicycle without wires, flashlight with motion sensor

Products: electric bicycle without wires, flashlight with motion sensor


Two new products for technology enthusiasts in the short-TR-check.

Schicker battery bike

Pedelecs, bicycles with an additional electric motor, are convenient, because they permit higher speeds and allow the driver to climb mountains too easily. Real beauties are the vehicles so far, however, is not: battery pack and the motor must be housed somewhere eventually.

The Canadian manufacturer with its promises Daymaker wasp yellow Ebike Shadow now have a solution: In the two-wheeler all the necessary components plug into the encapsulated rim. Engine power and memory are located forward, controlled by a control module that is connected by radio failsafe. Cable sees the driver is not, but there is also a USB port for charging cell phones and a regenerative brake.

The range of the Shadow Ebike is 20 to 25 km in pure electric mode, with occasional stepping ("pedal assist") it will be a maximum of 40 kilometers. Recharges the battery pack in four to six hours, up to 800 discharge cycles, he maintains. The wireless electric bike is available in April in North America and Europe in the summer.

Product: Shadow Ebike
Provider: Daymaker
Price: $ 2,000

Light control of the wrist

Actually, there is hardly an everyday item that would be easier to use: just flashlights usually have two operating modes - on or off. The U.S. lighting specialist Maglite wants to be satisfied with its compact LED lamp XL100 but not so. A total of five selectable modes of operation has the light, an additional barrier against accidental operation mode is not included.

The interesting thing is the way the different types of light - from Stroboeffekt on the signal mode to the SOS emergency light - can be switched: This one turns the flashlight with the particular desired function upward, oriented to a print. Determined by a position sensor, the XL100 then what function the user the next time you press on the Anschaltknopf wishes. Even different shades of effects are possible: This one turns the flashlight on the spot easily and can turn lighter or darker. A renewed push of a button saves the state.

Also can be used as a bedside lamp, the XL100: Here, the light dimmed when you drop it and when lifting again switched to full power.

Product: XL100
Provider: Maglite
Price: 35 €