but [George’s] project is a homemade LED helmet that takes no shortcuts and packs the visor full of hundreds of individual lights. He started with a prototype that uses a PIC 18F4580 ...

The project relies on cheap, commonly available LED strip lights ... thus it made sense to fit helmet lights rather then more typical bike lights to make them more visible to surrounding traffic.

And while motorcycle helmets have long been all about protection ... Another noteworthy innovation comes in the form of LED lighting. Yup, you read that right. The helmet features running and ...