Globike by stefano marchetto from italy

Globike is a system designed to share your bike and your experiences with all the members of its online community. Globike is designed to promote the friendship and the cultural exchange between people from different countries through its online portal, together with the use of the bicycle as the best green transportation solution during a travel.

Every bike sends its position (obtained through the GPS system) to the online Globike portal. Users can access to the portal everywhere through their smart phones, and ask for a bike to other members.

With globike, a boy from Barcelona that wants to visit Amsterdam can contact a person that lives there, become his friend, and visit Amsterdam riding the person’s bike. At the same time, he can share images, videos and etc. about the travel with his community’s friends.

The system is composed by an hardware part and a software part, that manages 3 areas: sharing, navigation and communication.
The hardware part is composed by a smart phone and an electronic lock with a NFC chip inside, that has to be installed permanently on the bike.
The smart phone acts as a key, allowing a trusted member to unlock a booked bike.
The Globike lock is able to automatically recognize the smart phones that can unlock it.