"Bike Tree" Keeps Bikes Off Ground, Away From Sticky Fingers
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 05.12.08
Bike parking takes less space than cars but can still cover a lot of ground. Then there is the rampant theft. The bike tree deals with both problems; Abhinav Dapke of Bahrain and India designs a "parking stand design for congested bicycle parking."
The control panel includes finger print recognition sensor with some controls for locking/unlocking the bicycle onto the stand. The panel branches out of the trunk at user friendly height.
For locking your bicycle
1. Place your bicycle in the vertical slots
2. Manually lock the rim
3. Press start
4. Finger print
5. OK/ CANCEL
For releasing bicycle follow the similar path. ::Abhinav Dapke on Coroflot via ::Swiss Miss
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