Giken ECO Cycle parks your bicycle underground automatically (video)

In Japan, cycling is very common. However, to allocate parking space for these bicycles in Japan seems to be a problem. Giken ECO Cycle is here to solve this problem. Its automation system allows bicycle to be parked in their underground system in 13 seconds.

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And it can house a few hundred bicycles. What you need is an IC chip on your bicycle for the system to recognize it. By the press of a button, the bicycle is safely stored underground. And using an account card, you can retrieve the bicycle. Check out this video.

If you need more details, check out Danny Choo’s blog post.

Click Here to Know More about Giken ECO Cycle

I think it will be cool if this can be implemented in Singapore. However, seems like there is a limit on the type of bicycle.

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