We'd love to tell you more about our hardware and software

We develop and manage our dashboard, the API, the frontend and our own servers according to the applicable ISO standards for secure data, and Core Web Vitals, GDPR and W3C standards. We use HTML5, PHP, Javascript, and CSS. We work with duplicate servers with sufficient physical distance, data is never lost when the data flow is interrupted. Our dashboard gives users various reporting options. In addition, permissions can be set per user. Raw data can be exported and/or read in, and reports can be exported in various formats.

The two components of our SoC, a CPU and a Bluetooth radio, use as little power as possible. We focus on ultra low power usage (microamperes instead of milliamperes), and try to make our algorithms and software as effective as possible, so that we demand as little processing power as possible from the processor. An accelerometer, together with the embedded software, measures all driving movements: so no GPS is needed. This sensor also ensures that the pod itself is switched on and off, and in conjunction with the onboard bluetooth radio, the pod also ensures that the app on the smartphone is automatically switched on while driving.

The data processing with SafeDrivePod does not take place in the app or on a server, but in the pod itself. This ensures as little data traffic as possible via Bluetooth to the phone, so that minimizes battery consumption. In addition, not every driving movement has to be sent directly to a server via the smartphone's data bundle. The pod uses flash memory, which stores all driving movements per trip. About a thousand trips can be stored on the pod without having to send data to the server via the smartphone. We also provide over-the-air updates for the embedded software. So the pod never needs to be physically updated.

Just like our hardware, we also develop our app in-house. For both iOS and Android we offer native apps written in Kotlin (Android) and Swift (iOS). The app facilitates all the functionalities of SafeDrivePod, and gives drivers insight in their driving behaviour and disables distraction by the smartphone while driving by closing the screen. In fact, after setting up the pod and the app, there is no need for manual operation anymore.