The device is one of a number of innovations being researched by Emily Brooke MBE, Founder and Chairwoman of a technology company Beryl.
Emily today received an Honorary Doctor of Engineering for her major contribution to product design and the promotion of entrepreneurship from the University of Brighton during graduation ceremonies at the Brighton Centre.
Professor Andrew Lloyd, the university’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic Operations, said Emily’s ground-breaking Laserlight that projects a green laser image onto the road ahead was “hugely increasing the visibility and safety of cyclists”.
He said Laserlight, Emily’s final year Product Design project before graduating at the university, is attracting multi-million pound investment and is now on bike-share schemes in towns and cities including London, New York and Montreal.
“Now Emily and her team are working on a range of further innovations including a way of giving cyclists air quality monitoring data as they ride.”
Emily said: “Brighton has had a really important part of my heart for a long time.”