So as I return to campus after being away all summer, I am greeted with an implementation of this very Design Challenge all around me. Our campus has introduced a bike sharing app/company called LimeBike. This company provides bikes and places them all around campus and the surrounding area that will allow students to use them as the please. It is a simple concept you find yourself a LimeBike bike (easily spotted due to its lime green and yellow color scheme and the app which shows you all nearby bikes), scan the QR code or enter the code into the app to unlock the bike, ride off into the sunset only to lock the bike with a push of a button. Below I will add some pictures of the bike and app, as well as link to LimeBike's web page. I just found it very exciting to see unique implementations of questions and challenges like this thriving in the wild!
The easily spotted bike:
The locking mechanism and can be seen on the back of the picture above, but a better look is below:
A quick look at how to unlock:
The app also will show you nearby bikes!
and finally their web page: https://www.limebike.com/