The Italian transportation and aerospace company, SITAEL, was the recipient of an Innovation Award at this month’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for its Magnetic Assisted Tap (MAT) for e-bikes.
MAT is a new concept of smartphone holder docking station transforming e-bike into a fully connected vehicle. Thanks to its proprietary hardware and software technology (SITAEL’s ESB electronics system with GPS/GPRS modules, smartphone magnetic mount), MAT is the first bike’s deeply integrated docking station enabling a plenty of unique features on the smartphone simply by placing it on the MAT’s surface: enhanced cockpit, navigator, real-time vehicle control & monitoring, GPS/GPRS-based Anti-theft system, mobile wireless and USB charger.
“Thanks to its proprietary hardware and software technology, MAT is the first bike’s deeply integrated docking station enabling a plenty of unique features on the smartphone simply by placing it on the MAT’s surface: enhanced cockpit, navigator, real-time vehicle control & monitoring, GPS/GPRS-based Anti-theft system, mobile wireless and USB charger,” explained SITAEL’s Head of Industrial & IoT Division Matteo Pertosa.
“SITAEL’s vision to provide unique and innovative technology to protect and engage users reaches its highest expression with MAT, which defines a new level of cycling in one single gesture; the e-bike comes to life instantly only by placing the smartphone on the MAT top surface.”
Thanks to the magnetic technology, MAT provides total control of the e-bike with one single gesture. IP65 water-resistant, MAT has been tested to both extreme temperatures (-20°C, +85°C) and vertical shocks up to 70 gram-force with a certified shaker instrument, which confirmed its suitability to the most extreme off-road rides.
Besides private uses, MAT is ready to be adopted in free-floating bike-sharing systems, both in peer-to-peer and fleet management contexts. The full system includes the new connected locking system for the e-bikes rear wheel, and the handlebar remote controller which grant bike security and a superior riding experience even without the smartphone use.
The MAT docking station will be launched soon trough a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.
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