This product is called the SENSA skin. It is a wearable warning system for motorcyclists, built to enhance the rider’s situational awareness on the road through the use of haptic feedback and visual cues.

The vest is a Class B motorcycle protection garment, meaning it offers impact protection to the Zone B areas but is designed to be worn underneath a standard biker’s jacket. It works by picking up approaching vehicles to the rear of the rider using the sensor which is mounted to the back of the bike. The sensor uses a Leddar Vu8 Lidar module to create point graphs of the environment in its 120-degree FOV and interpret the data. If the vehicle is either occupying the riders blind spot or approaching with a time until impact of less than 3 seconds, then it will notify the vest and the rider will feel a vibration from the pod on the relevant side to let them know of the vehicle’s whereabouts. The pods that provide the haptics consist of 10 vibration motors mounted into recycled foam and then Velcro-ed into the inside of the vest. The battery which provides the power is mounted into the top at the back and provides a standard commuter around two weeks of charge. The product uses a D30 set foam for its impact protection, a shear thickening material that greater disperses impact energy. There is also a module which attaches to the handlebars that provides visual cues in parallel with the pod’s vibrations. Sensitivity and sensing modes can also be adjusted using it.