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if you've ever ridden a motorcycle you've probably wished you had eyes in the back of your head the skull ep-1 aims to grant that wish it's a helmet with a built-in head-up display for the first time in human history are actually able to look at a heads-up display virtual image and see through it as well as 180 degrees behind you into the sides all in one quick glance of the eye placed in the drivers field of vision on the lower right the display offers a rear view thanks to an embedded camera it also provides GPS navigation think of it as Google glass in a helmet to minimize distraction the p1 will incorporate voice recognition play music and a remote control on the motorcycles handlebar this rear fin is sort of the core of our vertically integrated design in that this rear fin not only does it reduce wind buffeting which helps the voice control work better but it also houses the electronics as well as the 180 degree viewing angle rear view camera the display has to work in all sorts of conditions whether it's bright sunlight like this or in the middle of the night when it's pitch-black to adjust for that scully incorporated an ambient light sensor the display could be a nuisance to some but most users are likely to grow accustomed to the new view quickly CNET writer Seth Rosenblatt was the first non scully employee to test drive the tech but when you ride you were often looking down to your left and your right to see your side mirrors and see what's behind you with the with the heads-up display as I look down to my right I could see what was behind me but I didn't have to look at the mirror and wonder what's on either side of what the mirror was showing me because the helmet was showing me directly what was behind my head scully helmets is on an aggressive schedule it hopes for a 2014 launch though the p1 is still a prototype among the challenges Scully must meet its goal of a nine hour battery life you can't ask a motorcyclist to interrupt their weekend ride to plug in and then there's the question of cost are people gonna pay for a $3,000 motorcycle I mean I don't think so so they clearly have to figure out where what's cost-effective and but on the other hand huge interest they can probably they probably have a little bit more leeway with price than they were thinking after all it's hard to put a price on safety in San Francisco I'm Sumi das Cena for CBS News