Tinting Visors
Two problems with auto-tinting visors. Technically, I don't think they have plastics to the point where they change properly. Phototint eyeglasses are, I believe, all glass. The other problem is if your visor tints in response to bright light, and then you ride into, say, a tunnel or a wooded section, you'd be blinded until the material could respond. Which is probably why you don't find tinting contact lenses.
I think the hot tip will be the technology now showing up in cars and buildings, where the window material is tinted by an electric current.
Maybe we'd have a knob on the side of the hat to dial in how dark we want the visor. And have the knob push in to turn it on and off, so all you'd need to do is touch it to cancel the tint.
As far as the helmet mounted electronics, I'm waiting to see the first cruiser rider with a LCD monitor strapped to the back of his helmet so his pillion can watch a movie. I know somebody must have done it.
Two problems with auto-tinting visors. Technically, I don't think they have plastics to the point where they change properly. Phototint eyeglasses are, I believe, all glass. The other problem is if your visor tints in response to bright light, and then you ride into, say, a tunnel or a wooded section, you'd be blinded until the material could respond. Which is probably why you don't find tinting contact lenses.
I think the hot tip will be the technology now showing up in cars and buildings, where the window material is tinted by an electric current.
Maybe we'd have a knob on the side of the hat to dial in how dark we want the visor. And have the knob push in to turn it on and off, so all you'd need to do is touch it to cancel the tint.
As far as the helmet mounted electronics, I'm waiting to see the first cruiser rider with a LCD monitor strapped to the back of his helmet so his pillion can watch a movie. I know somebody must have done it.