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  • This is BeeLine a new handlebarmounted bicycle navigation device.
    BeeLine
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    Display front on

    This is BeeLine, a new handlebar-mounted bicycle navigation device.
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    BeeLine
    02

    Connecting to app

    BeeLine pairs with Google Maps, but unlike most other navigation devices on the market, it does little more than a traditional compass. The display shows one arrow, pointing towards your destination. You figure out the rest.
  • BeeLine is a slick oneinch epaper screen overlaid atop three sensors a Bluetooth chip and a battery. A backlight...
    BeeLine
    03

    Variations of colour

    BeeLine is a slick, one-inch e-paper screen, overlaid atop three sensors (a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a magnetometer), a Bluetooth chip, and a battery. A backlight illuminates the screen at night.
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    BeeLine
    04

    Attatching to box

    A stretchy silicone band and a plastic bezel keeps the screen mounted in place.
  • When it's not on the handlebars the bezel fits snugly around the BeeLine screen and doubles as a keychain.
    BeeLine
    05

    Beeline attached to keys

    When it's not on the handlebars, the bezel fits snugly around the BeeLine screen, and doubles as a keychain.
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    BeeLine
    06

    Bike, beeline & phone

    The underlying idea to BeeLine? Less information, more freedom.
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