A landmine to prevent car theft is real and it is about to be popularized

As soon as the thief tries to move the vehicle, the hammer will trigger the bullet / explosive detonator to produce a sound of up to 150 dB.

In response to car theft, British inventor Yannick Read devised an unusual way to ward off motorbike and bicycle thieves.

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Toolkit for attaching to bicycles, preventing car theft.

Instead of using a siren or normal alarm device, this guy uses an item called Bike Mine . Just hearing that we have understood some of its uses, and indeed, Bike Mine creates a real explosion.

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This product is called Bike Mine.

According to the "Popular Mechanics" newspaper , the device consists of a set of enclosures inside a hammer-hammer spring structure and a headless bullet, a small cannon or explosive with a detonator. Its principle of operation is simple: an alarm device is attached to a motorbike or a bicycle, and the fire point structure is tied with an anti-cut titanium wire to the wheel or any fixed object near. there. As soon as the thief tries to move the vehicle, the hammer will trigger the bullet / explosive detonator to produce a sound of up to 150 dB.

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When the thief tries to move the vehicle away, the hammer will trigger the bullet / explosive detonator to make a sound.

According to Yannick, a device with such big bangs is capable of chasing thieves and attracting the attention of passers-by much better than the traditional "thrust" sirens.

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Equipment with such a loud bang is capable of chasing away thieves.

He shared that he himself had stolen a bicycle and a motorbike in the middle of London. Although he locked the car carefully, the thieves did indeed have a lot of tricks to unlock and stumble in the night when he and everyone were sleeping.

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Bike Mine is just an alarm device and does not replace the safety lock.

However, he also notes to us that Bike Mine is just an alarm device and has no substitute for safety lock. In fact, Mike Bike's explosion is unlikely to harm the thief. It only startled the evildoers in a panic, and the sleeping people like Reed had the opportunity to spot theft.


Inventing Installing mines for vehicles to prevent theft.

Yannick shared that he was confident in the success of this project on Kickstarter and intended to bring Bike Mine into mass production when he raised enough funds.

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The magnitude of the sound is measured in dB, and for every 3 dB increase, the magnitude of the sound output will be twice that of the previous one.

  1. 120-125 dB: The maximum threshold of hearing of human ears.
  2. 130-135 dB: Jet engine threshold is right next to your ear
  3. 140-145 dB: Components such as throat, vocal cords, chest . will vibrate "forcing".
  4. 148-150 dB: The listener feels pain and is extremely uncomfortable, feeling like you are drowning.
  5. 150-160 dB: You will feel the "core" components deep inside your body vibrate.
  6. > 160 dB: Can break your eardrum, even cause death.