Haptic bicycle navigation, from an iOS and Bluetooth prototype to handlebar hardware and product design. A way to find the next turn while keeping your attention on the street.
Keep your eyes on the city
Destiners began with bike couriers and a question: could navigation become something you feel? A pulse in the left hand for a left turn. Directions translated into touch, so the map can stay in your pocket.
Make the connection
The working prototype connected a custom iOS app over Bluetooth to an Arduino Nano, vibration motors, LEDs, and a BLE chip. Route instructions became physical signals: a first way to test the idea across software and hardware.
Give the idea a form
The next design work explored a custom PCB, a stronger haptic engine, and an enclosure built around the handlebar. The illustrations show that product direction; they are concept renders, not photographs of manufactured devices.
From prototype to possibilities
A removable magnetic end cap and charging dock explore how the device could fit into everyday use. The dock and the proposed Maps experience belong to that future vision. The dedicated Destiners website shows the working-prototype story alongside these design explorations.
