Microsystems competition 'Cosima'Intelligent bicycle pedal among the winners
As part of the 'Cosima' student competition, the VDE and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research awarded two first places this year - for example to the team developing an intelligent bicycle pedal that can be used to upgrade any bike to make it smart.
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Third place in 'Cosima 2017', and therefore prize money of 500 euros, goes to the 'Self-Balancing Bike' project by Sahra Eisenkolb, Maike Akermann and Felix Heller from Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. With their self-balancing bike, they want to enable the rider to make short stops - such as going to the bakery - without having to look for a parking space: simply get off and get breakfast. The Karlsruhe team would like to equip e-bikes in particular with their microsystem.
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