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Sweet Bike Hack: Monkey Light Pro (Kickstarter)

Joe Heitzeberg
May 23, 2013

(Photo) A bicycle is shown with LED lights illuminating the spokes of the wheels, creating a circular pattern on one wheel and a colorful abstract design on the other. Text: monkeylectric object | indoor | LED lights, bicycle | product Note: The image is a real-world photograph of a bicycle showcasing LED lights on its wheels. It captures a moment in time and isn't a drawing, logo, or banner.

Another day, another awesome bike hack. Monkey Light Pro launched on Kickstarter earlier today and if Helios Bars is an urban hipster’s smart bike utility for increasing safety, Monkey Light Pro is the ultimate bike hack for the Burning Man crowd — a dizzying, multi-colored explosion of colors that lights up the full lateral surface of your bike wheels as you ride (probably amongst half-naked ravers dancing in the desert.)

Monkey Light hooks up to a bike’s rim and uses 4 bars of bright LEDs synchronized with the rotation of the wheels to display media in full color. Onboard media supports 1000 frames of animation and is compatible with a ton of off-the-shelf media formats, such as JPG, GIF, PNG, AVI, MPEG, MOV, QT, FLV, and more — loaded up via bluetooth.

It’s only a matter of time until they enable an ad-network so you can earn money serving ads as you ride about town.

(Photo) A man rides a bicycle with Monkey Light illuminated wheels, displaying a pixelated design. Text: monkey light person, bicycle | indoor | illuminated bicycle wheels, pixelated design on wheels | product demonstration Note: The image is a real-life photograph of a person riding a bicycle. It captures a moment in time and is not a drawing, logo, or banner.

(Photo) A man is riding a bicycle at night with triangular, illuminated Monkey Light devices attached to the wheels. Text: monkeylight RIDING person | indoor | bicycle, illuminated wheels | action Note: This is a photograph of a person riding a bike. It captures a real-life scene and isn't a drawing, logo, or banner.

(Photo) A man rides a bicycle with Monkey Light displays on the wheels, creating animated images. Text: monkey light person, bicycle | indoor | illuminated bicycle wheels, animated images on wheels | product demonstration Note: This is a photograph of a real-world scene depicting a man on a bicycle with illuminated wheels. It captures a moment in time and is not a drawn illustration or a designed logo/banner.

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