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 # BicycleControl
 Bicycle Control is an Arduino Program that will be embedded onto a bicycle to allow the user to use left and right blinker lights, front and back lights, a sound output, and possibly other functionality like GPS.
+The system uses several 'parallel' constructs to give the illusion of doing several tasks at once, such as writing to the screen while playing a song. This is accomplished with the use of periodic updates and timing to simulate a software delay.