LoJack for bikes
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LoJack for bikes
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#2Minor design quibble. The "we'll keep you posted" banner that appeared after I submitted my e-mail does not fit in with the (otherwise very elegant) design of the rest of the page. #FFFFFF on #FF0000 out of nowhere is jarring.
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#3Can we stop posting landing pages that are simply fishing for interest in a non-existant product?
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#4Now how are you going to power the transmitter, that is my question, sure you could add a little dynamo but it's not quite so elegant then.
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#5Can we stop posting landing pages that are simply fishing for interest in a non-existant product?
Agreed, It also looks like it would be easily defeated by aluminum foil. I read about a phone thief that uses a faraday caged bag to snatch iPads and iPhones.[1]
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#6Bike theft is a huge problem precisely because there's no good way to track stolen gear. I'll buy one of these in an instant if it works well.
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#7designed by HN's own kyro (http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kyro)
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#8What happens when everyone is checking for them? Security by obscurity doesn't really scale.
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#9Sigh, the idea has merit, this seems like its just a landing page to collect a mailing list of people who might buy one if you happen to make it.
Here is an "easy" answer, make a reflector with a simple RFID tag embedded in it. Make them look like all the reflectors you normally have on your bike. Create a repository for registering reflectors and give a free reader to every bike shop that wants to combat bike theft.
Will determined thieves swap all the reflectors? Sure. Does it raise the 'cost' of stealing a bike? Yes.
Alternative idea, put the tag in the bike seat. You can re-use pet tags, you can then re-use pet tag injectors and pet tag readers.
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#10Can we stop posting landing pages that are simply fishing for interest in a non-existant product?
I think this type of A/B testing (assuming these kind folks are doing that) is valuable for early stage product design.
If not posting to HN, where would you advise to post?