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Team members:Ìý

• Jasmin Kim
• Claire Lawson
• Jason Myer
• Gabriel Seitz
• Kevin Sternberg
• Julie Yamashita

Imagine the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. When the peloton is clumped together, it is difficult for both the cyclist and spectator to determine each rider's placement.

The primary goal of our project is to create a tracking system for cyclists in a race to determine position and ranking, and then display that information to both the cyclists and spectators. We will need to accurately and reliably keep track of each racer's position using modules attached to each bike that will communicate with each other. Each module will need to interface with every other module in real-time and the overall system will need to calculate the ranking of each racer. Some ways this may be done are using RF sensors, Bluetooth technology or others. This information will be displayed on a small screen above the handlebars of each bike and wirelessly to the spectators.

Some secondary goals that would improve on our primary goals are adding more information to be displayed, dumping information into checkpoint locations, and visually displaying information on the wheels of each bike. First, if possible, we would like to display more information such as the speed and time of each cyclist as well as how far away the other cyclists are. We will need to determine how feasible these are when we know more about the specifications of our project. For example, speed would be relatively simple, whereas calculating the distance of other racers could be fairly complex. Also, we would like to add checkpoint locations the system will dump information onto. It will then use the received information to update a display module for spectators. This requirement may be based on memory/range constraints. Another interesting way to visually display the information to spectators would be to have LEDs on the spokes of each bike light up as they are spinning to show the ranking/speed of each cyclist as they pass by.

If time and resources allow, we would like to use the motion of the bike to help power the overall system. In addition to the position of the cyclist, the spinning LEDs on the wheels can alternate to display the speed of the bike. This project may also be adapted to other events such as bumper cars.