Here is a Guardian article on the subject, submitted to HN four years ago

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/07/theft-bike-ap...

The video information provides quick navigation.

The proposed solution is called Project 529, founded by Rob Brunt, a detective with Vancouver Police Dept. and J Allard, a former top executive at Microsoft responsible for building TCP/IP into Windows, along with the Xbox and the Zune. His resignation letter caused some controversy.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1377694

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1372516

Finally, here is the link to Project 529

https://project529.com/garage