Using chips to fight the bike thieves
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ABOUT 3,800 residents in southwest Shanghai’s Minhang District have installed a chip in their e-bikes which could help trace the bikes when they’re stolen.
Police have found six of eight bikes reported stolen, using a system based on 140 radar boxes in the Jiangchuan Road subdistrict.
The government bought the technology from a local company and offers the service to residents for free.
The move follows a similar program in Pudong, where chips have been installed in 18,000 bikes since 2015 and 600 stolen bikes have been recovered, according to “Bear Hunting,” a local startup specializing in security and which provides the technology.
The chips are hidden and police use a hand-held device with a range of up to 80 meters to find the bike after the radar boxes have given a general location.
A local resident surnamed Wu has her bike returned the same day after it was stolen on June 7. It took police from the Bijiang Road police station only one hour to locate the bike.
Users of the chips can monitor the position of their bike on their phone using a WeChat app.
The company hopes to arm 10,000 residents with the technology in this subdistrict.
“The battery of the chips lasts three years, and when it’s time for a user to change the battery, we will send him notices by messages or phone calls,” said Han Xiujuan, a manager of the company.
Han said there have been very few attempts from supposed bike thieves to remove the radar boxes because the boxes are safely nailed at high spots.
The subdistrict or town government leases the radar boxes from the company.
It also pays for maintenance of the system and for the chips.
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