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Two teen students invent a fingerprint bike starter system due to high cases of motorcycle theft.
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Instead of a key, the owner’s registered fingerprint is required to start the bike.
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It was a final year project for the two college students.
Two teen students invent a fingerprint bike starter system due to high cases of motorcycle theft.
The two 19-year-old students of Kolej Vokasional Bachok (Bachok Vocational College) Wan Amiruddin Wan Amran and Adeeb Aideen Mat Yusof built the system for their final year project in their Electronics Technology Diploma course.
Speaking to Harian Metro, Wan Amiruddin said that it took them six months to produce the system including building the prototype and testing it on a motorcycle.
The system can be installed in both motorcycles and cars.
Current motorcycle starter systems (those without chips embedded in keys) can easily be accessed by thieves. Thieves only need to twist the lock to start position and press the starter button.
On the other hand, the fingerprint system requires fingerprint identification in order to allow the engine to be started.
The system uses the open source Arduino software which can include voice recognition and LCD display. The fingerprint scanner was imported from overseas. It’s attached directly to the engine without a need for an external battery source or charging.
The students said that they have already received orders from the collegemates and lecturers. They will also register the device’s intellectual property soon.
Source: Harian Metro
