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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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An Italian optics research firm might have just tackled literally the biggest issue I face while motorcycling: the sun in my eyes.

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[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve ran a transitional lens for over a decade. It just isn’t ‘instant’ but the trade off is I don’t have a solar panel sticking out from the front of my visor.

And while other chemical-based photochromic visors that engage when hit with UV rays exist, they can take close to a minute to transition, or become activated even in cloudy conditions when they don't need to. When light hits a solar panel mounted at the top of the visor, it immediately powers the visor's liquid crystal film for an instant transition.

My understanding is transitional lens aren’t legal for road use in the EU/UK either. So thought it was odd that an Italian company was making these…then

The co-branded visors can be fitted to Race-R Pro, Aeron GP and Aeron lids, generally suited for track use.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

I've heard this criticism of transition glasses lenses too, it would be cool if they made it faster!