Lifestyle May, 20 2014  Skylock, the World’s First Solar-Powered
Smart Bike Lock  Everyone knows there’s a special place in hell
reserved for bike thieves. And, with more than 1.5 million
thefts occurring every year in the U.S., it’s getting pretty
crowded down there. But now a group of former Boeing and Jawbone
engineers have put their heads together to found Velo Labs, and
have come up with a bike lock so clever it could out-fox even
the craftiest of cycle kleptomaniacs.  In addition to its
reinforced U-lock design that unlocks wirelessly, the Skylock is
touch-sensitive and will register whenever it is held for a
prolonged period of time, sending a message to your smartphone
to alert you of potential criminal activity. It also contains an
internal accelerometer that is able to sync with your smartphone
and determine if a crash has occurred, alerting the emergency
services if you do not respond to a message on your phone in a
certain space of time. What’s more, all the technology is
completely solar powered!