bike2go

the landing page for the kiosk
the team

Inspiration

We wanted to promote alternative methods of transportation in urban environments. Because we are all avid bike riders, but struggle with bringing our bike to and from our destinations, we played with the idea of a "car2go" like system for bikes, where users can rent bikes for temporary use.

What it does

bike2go implements a front-end interface to allow users to sign out and return bikes to bike2go-registered bike racks around urban environments. It also includes facial recognition in order to process payments to alleviate the need for a credit card or cash.

How we built it

We built the back-end with Node.js and stored our data in a MongoDB instance. The front-end uses React.js. Our server uses the Microsoft Azure Face API to obtain facial data.

Challenges we ran into

Due to time constraints, we did not fully implement the scope of our service, which would have included full IoT integration for tracking the distance and time a bike is in use for, as well as an API for processing payments. Thus, we had to mock these systems using hard-coded methods.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're happy that we were able to detect and remember faces, as well as link them to a user account so that their face could be used for payments on any device connected to the server.