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According to RideApart, Polaris has filed a patent for a smart helmet that monitors rider fatigue. It points to the possibility that future helmets could track fatigue levels and either control the vehicle or help determine when a rider should stop riding.
A patent for a fatigue-detecting helmet is something I love as a gadget fan. A helmet reading the rider's condition and intervening with the vehicle side — I can't stop imagining the specs. It's an evolution from the old 'just a tool to protect your head' into intelligent gear. Can't wait for it to reach production.
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A helmet with this kind of advanced tech, once it actually hits the market, is probably going to land in a pretty high price bracket.
Where in the helmet does it actually detect fatigue?
The typical mechanism for this kind of thing is detecting via sensors that read brainwaves, eye movement, and heart rate.
Drowsiness-detection tech has come a long way in cars, but pushing this far into motorcycles feels like a very Polaris kind of challenge.
A helmet that detects fatigue and tells you when it's time to stop riding - that's an idea I never would have imagined.
This is still just at the patent-filing stage, so whether it actually reaches production is still anyone's guess at this point.
Polaris tends to file patents with actual implementation in mind, so I'd say the odds of this reaching the market are higher than for other manufacturers.
Detecting fatigue and going as far as controlling the ride itself is a genuinely bold approach to accident prevention.
