Samsung has recently announced that it is developing a ‘Smart Windshield’ for use on motor scooters, and is trialling it in Italy. It is not really a brand new technology; it uses the same type of mobile connectivity that has already been applied in heads-up displays on cars and other four-wheeled vehicle windscreens. The difference is that information is to be displayed on a motor scooter windshield, and the system consists basically of a smartphone app connected to a projector. The app will project information onto the windshield, giving the rider hands-free access to that information. The upside Fans of the scheme are hailing it as a logical advance in smart windscreen technology, based on the fact that (for example) satnav and Google Maps directions are much easier to follow if they are projected in front of the rider, than if the rider is constantly trying to look down at a headstock mounted smartphone. This makes the rider safer on the road as it will be less distracting and he
