I looked at one of those Lime electric skateboards. It has a QR code sticker, and no other user interface, that I noticed.
I never rented one, and wonder how the system works, the network stuff. It looks complicated. Customer reads it with his phone camera... then what? I guess he runs a Lime app, but how how does it start the unit? The phone dials a Lime number, and a server responds, activating the scooter? It has a cell phone line built in?
There's also the question of how Lime gets paid, another network software question.
Also, the hardware... what telemetry dos it use? Communicates with the user through a Bluetooth connection?
Anybody here have experience with suchlike consumer products? Thanks,