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Could a Brain-Reading Bike Be the Wave of the Future?
Bicycle builders Parlee Bikes have constructed a bicycle that can be steered by your thoughts, received through a sensor-covered helmet.
Toyota put up the funds, so the video turns out to be very much a commercial for the Prius brand, but you do get to see the cycle in action.
From AutoBlogGreen:
"Aside from reading brainwaves, the PXP can use a smartphone to show the driver how efficiently the engine (i.e., the body) is operating, just like the Prius' info screen does."
Published on Sunday, November 13, 2011 in
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