If you use a bike, skate or scooter as a means of transportation, the Lumos Matrix smart helmet you will like. A case that, in addition to protecting you in the event of an accident, also helps prevent them and provides extra comfort in low light situations. How do you get it? Well, with the use of an application that you can install on your Android or iOS phone and some LED lights on the helmet itself.
Lumos Matrix, the smart helmet
Lumos Matrix Urban Bike Helmet It is a smart helmet that has caught the attention of many because Apple sells it in its Apple Store. It is true that Apple selling such a product is shocking, but if you see in its own store there are other similar devices such as smart cups, smart weights, connected scales, etc.
Anyway, going back to the helmet in question, this Lumos Matrix has some pretty striking elements that make it stand out from other helmets despite not being anything really new. So let's go in parts.
The first thing that attracts attention is its urban design and the led lights that it has both in the front and in the rear. Especially the LED panel on the back. With these lights, as a user you gain comfort and also safety, since it serves to prevent possible accidents.
In panel or front strip improves your visibility when you go through poorly lit areas. It is like the light of cars. And the rear is what we could say would be a mix between the brake light and the turn signals of a vehicle. Although there are some other interesting details when we combine the helmet with the application.
This matrix of leds can be customized both in color and drawing and animation. It is limited to the maximum number of leds available, but as you can see in the video, it allows you to generate signals with which indicate to other drivers or users that you are going to doeg turn left, right or brake.
This control is carried out proactively when we pair the helmet with the smartphone application, note that there is also an app for the Apple Watch. Although to control the indications you also have a remote control that you put on the handlebars of your bike, scooter or skate and that includes two buttons to warn that you turn to one side or the other.
With water protection so you can use the helmet even on rainy days, with a battery that offers up to 10 hours autonomy (always depending on the type of use you make of the helmet). The charge is done via USB (approximately 5 hours) and the connection with the watch phone via Bluetooth as expected.
In addition to all this, the application integrates with the iOS Health app, so that brings extra value to users of iOS devices. It is not a key function, but it is an interesting addition. In any case, the Lumos Matrix Urban is a helmet that by itself already attracts a lot of attention.
His less attractive side is price of EUR 279 what's wrong with it. Be careful, its cost is high but leaving aside very basic models, if you are looking for helmets with a good design, quality construction materials and a high level of safety, the difference in value for that extra that its intelligent side provides is not that much.