Create Your Own "Bike Airbnb" With This New Networked Lock

With the Skylock, you could share your bike with a friend or even a stranger by granting them access through an app.

Over the last few years, American cities have started to take cyclist infrastructure seriously. New ridership has bloomed in some unlikely places. That's also coincided with the exponential growth of self-tracking wearables, like the Fitbit. Velo Labs, a startup founded by two former aerospace engineers, proposes adding some of those features to a stainless steel lock--one that can alert the owner to attempted theft, identify itself by GPS on a map, notify friends in the event of a crash, and unlock itself based on the proximity of the owner.

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