Quin has teamed up with O’Neal to launch a new piece of potentially life-saving tech for off-road, motocross and MTB riders: a compact “Pod” that sits inside your helmet and acts like a silent riding companion, collecting data and automatically calling for help if things go wrong.

The Quin POD in a nutshell

The POD is a small, USB-stick-sized sensor that integrates into helmets, boots or protective gear and records motion up to 6,000 times per second. Its algorithms recognise impacts, crashes and even helmet drops. When it detects a crash, it automatically alerts up to three chosen emergency contacts with your status and exact location.

Performance data from every ride

Beyond the safety element, the POD also logs performance metrics including speed, distance, elevation, ride time, braking, acceleration and more. All data feeds into the Quin Within app for training analysis and ride planning.

Optional upgrade for emergency-service integration

The POD works with its full safety functions without any monthly subscription with a retail price of 129€ in Europe. Riders can upgrade to the Quin Plus service which activates Quin’s Response System in 32 countries. This shares live data such as location, movement and rider health info directly with professional emergency responders to dispatch help faster.

In plane speaking, it automatically calls for help when you cannot. So if you’re wearing an O’Neal helmet and crash it will alert your three designated responders. If you’ve subscribed it will also alert the nearest Police or Ambulance service and three of the designated responders you have chosen.

One of your designated responders can also alert the emergency services that you are OK if you are actually just shook-up and not in need of assistance. 

Impact analytics

For medical analysis and impact assessment, the POD records key trauma-related metrics including maximum impact values, angle of incidence, intensity mapping, linear and angular acceleration, area of impact and bounce analysis.

Technical highlights

• Impact detection up to 1000 times per second
• Motion sampling up to 6600 times per second
• IP67 water and dust protection
• Over-the-air updates
• Dual accelerometers
• Gyroscope
• Temperature sensor

The Quin Within app manages device pairing, safety profiles, emergency contacts and all data tracking. It also provides user and responder accounts, usage analytics and QRS support.

Built into new O’Neal helmets

Quin and O’Neal have partnered to integrate the POD into a new line of off-road, adventure and MTB helmets. Enduro21 is expecting an O’Neal EX-SRS Helmet Quin Edition soon for testing in the woods.

We say:

Many riders will already be familiar with individual crash-alert apps, GPS trackers, or devices used in other sports for impact measurement. The Quin POD differs by combining crash detection, ride analytics, emergency communication and trauma-style impact data in a single, off-road-specific system.

On paper at least, it appears to bring everything together in one compact device, designed for the kind of riding most likely to need it.

Enduro21 gathered a lot of fascinating information from a presentation of the device from Quin, O’Neal and Heinz Kinigadner which we’ll put into a follow-up article once we get hold of a helmet with this fitted.

More information:
www.quinwithin.com
www.oneal.eu
www.oneal.com