三星智能自行车会不会抢走谷歌无人汽车的风头？

    谷歌（Google）新研发的无人驾驶汽车会不会有一天向尚未问世的智能自行车低头？

    今年年初，三星（Samsung）在米兰设计贸易展览会上展出了旗下智能自行车的原型。这种新型双轮交通工具可与三星（KRX）智能手机相连，驱动车载传感器、GPS系统等高科技安全保护功能。据设计邦(Design Boom)网的报道称，这款智能自行车由三星集团携手意大利车架设计专家Giovanni Pelizzoli共同打造，车身总体采用曲管设计，以缓解都市路面的颠簸。

    此外，三星智能自行车还配备了其它安全保护措施，比如车载激光器可以投射出激光束自行车道，车上还有一台后视摄像机，与手把中间的智能手机同步，车主可以对背后的情况一清二楚。商业内幕网（Business Insider）称，尚未有确切消息证明这种装有Wi-Fi和蓝牙的智能自行车会很快投入批量生产。

    其实，三星并不是抢占智能自行车市场的第一家公司。近期，凡浩克斯公司（Vanhawks）在众筹平台（Kickstarter）上成功募款，筹得的资金用于生产旗下一款名为“凡浩克斯•勇气”（Vanhawks Valour）的智能互联自行车。这款自行车能追踪车主情况，同时还配有安全传感器，能与智能手机同步提供双向反馈。另外，海里欧（Helio）也推出一款内嵌蓝牙与GPS追踪器的自行车模型。

    谷歌（GOOG）这时候也没闲着，正在忙着规划一次大型活动。它上个月宣布，要组建一个100辆无人驾驶汽车车队，护送两乘客至目的地，全程仅依靠传感器监测位置与障碍物，它所指的“障碍物”其中（说不定）就包括智能自行车。（财富中文网）

    译者： Joseph

    Could Google’s new self-driving car one day have to yield to an oncoming smart bicycle?

    Samsung introduced the prototype for its Smart Bikeat a design trade show in Milan earlier this year, showing off a form of two-wheel transportation that connects to a Samsung KRX smartphone to enable onboard sensors, GPS and other safety high-tech features. Design Boom reports that Samsung teamed up with Italian frame-builder Giovanni Pelizzoli to build the Smart Bike, which sports a curved frame meant to reduce the roughness of riding on urban terrain.

    The bike also has safety features such as laser beams that create an individualized bike lane and a rearview camera, which syncs with the handlebar-mounted smartphone to allow riders a view of whatever is behind them. Business Insider notes it is not clear yet whether the Smart Bike, which comes enabled with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, will go into full production anytime soon.

    Samsung isn’t the first entrant into the smart bike market. Vanhawks Valour recently waged a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of its connected bike, which tracks the rider’s performance and also features security sensors and syncs with smartphones to provide interactive feedback. Helios also offers a bike model with built-in Bluetooth and a GPS tracker.

    Meanwhile, Google GOOG is thinking a little bigger, having announced plans last month to build a fleet of 100 driver-less cars that can shepherd up to two passengers to a destination relying only on sensors to detect location and any possible obstacles, including (maybe?) smart bikes.