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- [Narrator] Imagine motorcycling in the future.
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An experience that adapts to you.
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The changing traffic, and to any road you're on.
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Imagine having a sixth sense of everything around you,
and being connected to your surroundings
in an entirely new way.
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Imagine a whole new level of aliveness, free from worry,
free from discomfort, free to enjoy each and every moment
in its entirety.
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We did.
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- [Interviewer] What's up, man?
- Hello, good to meet you again.
- Yeah.
- Thanks for having me here.
- We were just talking back there again.
It's like a whole thing That you do.
Okay, so let's talk a little bit, 'cause you guys
have two products, and both are on our stage right now.
Let's start with this one,
and why don't you tell me
a little bit about what Damon has built
on this existing Yamaha motorcycle?
- Absolutely.
So yeah, Damon is on a mission to cause a paradigm shift
for safer, smarter two-wheel commuting
for more than half the world's commuters.
We have a billion-and-a-half people spending their days
on motorcycles every day to get from A to B,
and the industry is not addressing the need
for safety or functionality to keep people safe on the road
and make sure that this commuting form
maintains its dominance in the world.
So this bike has a 360-degree collision warning system
that's sensor-fused with cameras, radars,
and other non-visual sensors.
And it tracks the velocity, direction, and speed
of dozens of objects around it to alert the rider.
- Right, and so that includes the screen which is like
a rear-view mirror?
- Rear-view mirror that's digitally fed
by the rear camera, yeah.
- And then we've got the vibration
in the handlebars as well?
- Yep, forward collision warning delivered
with a haptic vibration, so regardless of
where you're looking, you can feel a car braking hard
in front of you, even if you're busy shoulder checking.
- Do we have motorcycle enthusiasts in the audience?
Anyone?
- I see a couple hands up there.
- Wow.
- So, is this for people like that?
- Ultimately.
- Can they outfit their existing motorcycles?
- The system is a comprehensive collision warning system.
It doesn't adapt to the thousands of makes and models
of motorcycles for consumers.
So we're focused on retrofitting police fleet
and paramedic fleet and postal service customers first.
And that ultimately, for the consumers,
that's what this will be about.
- Okay, so then let's talk about this.
- Yeah.
- This is not a Yamaha motorcycle.
- No.
This is a Damon. - This is a Damon motorcycle.
- Yeah absolutely.
Well it's a proof of concept prototype.
Actually these bikes were graciously donated
by Yamaha Motor Ventures.
This bike has the same collision warning system,
and with enough data collected from our fleet customers,
this bike will be able to predict accidents
before they occur and ultimately move towards
critical avoidance automation in the event
that the rider isn't taking the right corrective action.
Okay, so you're in a staging environment.
So normally, you're gonna look left to see something
in your blind spot and try to keep your eyes forward
so you don't miss anything as you ride.
Now if you stay looking forward and down
where that arrow is, you're gonna see a collision warning
forward and left and right blind spot warnings.
- Okay.
Whoa.
- There you go.
So the forward collision warning is a bright LED
as well as a vibrating handlebar, so regardless of
where you look, you can be warned of somebody braking hard
in front of you.
And we're gonna demonstrate just two of the different types
of collision warning scenarios.
First a blind spot detection
and then the forward collision warning.
- Let's do it, I'm ready.
- All right.
So you find yourself on a road.
This is our proprietary simulator.
Now, as you pass through this intersection,
if you wanna go around this car,
you're gonna look to the left.
You've got somebody in your blind spot,
you can watch this car.
Oh, there it is there.
- Yeah.
- It's yellow.
- And then this car's breaking hard in front of you
you wanna slow down quickly,
you get the vibration through the handlebars.
These things happen fast just like they do in the real world
and we deal with real world scenarios and build these
in using data coming from the cameras that collect
off the real world testing.
We feed these real world traffic conditions
into the motor bike.
Now as you exit the city,
this motorcycle's actually transforming
into a more ideal sport position to keep you
out of the wind and help reduce fatigue.
So the handlebars drop down, the windscreen drop down
the foot pegs come up,
and the seat comes up a little bit
effectively changing your ergonomic position
from a commute ride to a highway touring or sport ride.