Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche and Mercedes are amongst the car makers that have put their names to bicycles. Even Hummer, the American manufacturer of military vehicles and SUVs puts its name on a useful-looking folding full-size mountain bike.
However, Toyota is the first car giant to incorporate into the design of their bicycle a fully-functioning, thought-controlled gear shifter. A cycle helmet contains neuron transmitters and by re-programming the bike’s electronic shifting and re-routing the signal to accept brain waves, the rider is able to “think” to shift.
As far as I’m concerned that’s how I change gear at the moment – I think about changing gear and, as if by magic, my hand moves to the shifter.
Of course there’s no rational reason for a thought-controlled gear change, but we applaud Toyota’s imagination.
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