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We’ve seen plenty of heads-up displays for cars that put smartphone notifications on your windshield, but not so many for motorbikes and scooters. Well, the Italian subsidiaries of Samsung and Yamaha have teamed up to create exactly that, with their new smart windshield concept placing text, calls, speed information, directions, and more, right in front of the rider.
It’s not the first smart display to be proposed for a motorcycle, but this collaboration between Samsung and Yamaha feels like a concept that could actually come to fruition. It’s really rather simple: It just uses a small projector beneath the windshield which pairs with a smartphone to provide some brains.
That allows the rider to send automated responses to important calls or messages, as well as checking in on things like navigation details. Other than that, though, there’s little else to it: Its just large text about a few important things on the windshield. And that simplicity makes it both useful and safe—which seems like a pretty great idea.
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