Freikometer: Bike to School movement for the future of the country

Filed in archive Sports on August 12, 2008

My nephew has crossed the limits of obesity, courtesy the junk food he munches everyday and the sedentary lifestyle which has become a part of his living. I was searching for ways to get him back into shape and I came across Freikometer, a technology developed by Rob Nagler to make his boys pedal to school everyday.





Rob Nagler along with Tim Carlin mounted their Freikometer, a solar powered rider monitor at entrance of school lots. It was entrusted with the responsibility of recording bicycle trips with the aid of RFID tags attached to their helmets. The trip data used to automatically reach the system of Nagler who had announced prizes for children making maximum trips to school on their bicycles. With prizes including the likes of digital cameras and iPod Nano this has definitely encouraged a lot of students to chuck bus or car rides in favor of the healthier option. All this has been made possible by the non profit organization funded by Rob Nagler which is certainly an encouragement for several other parents to do the same.

Not only will this social movement shun obesity from the society but even save our environment by preventing the use of fuel driven vehicles. He has certainly laid down a vision which would go a long way towards helping the mankind.