Show HN: Whoa Board – Make Electro-Luminescent Materials Touch Sensitive

Whoops, I locked myself out of the site using anti-procrastination settings :(.

Anyway, this is josh, who created this board. I'm here to talk about the project and answer technical questions. This board is actually a pretty involved system, and I'm happy to give people a better sense of how it works!

There's also a github link with the source for the demos if people want to look around: https://github.com/foolish-products/whoa-core-proto4

We'll ship the code with a cleaned up library and everything, but wanted to share the current state of the world to provide:

1. A behind the scenes look at an embedded system still forming.

2. Demonstrate our intention of building an open source ecosystem on this device!

I'm especially intrigued at the bike jacket idea. Having a turn signal visible at night would make me feel much safer riding home after dark. The only question I have is whether the sensor could be made accurate enough to reliably detect the turning gesture, and not trigger spuriously.