Shifting with your Mind!

[steveo]

http://cl.ly/022l2p080a2d0d0d3L2x/Screen_shot_2011-07-18_at_4.11.41_PM.png
New bike design from Parlee, MIT Labs, Satchi and Satchi LA, etc. Pretty neat/techy stuff. It reads your mind and shifts for you using brain activity.
A Prius-Inspired Bike Has Mind-Controlled Gear Shifting (http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664515/a-prius-inspired-bike-has-mind-controlled-gear-shifting#6)

[dumbod]

Satchi and Satchi?

Parlee I understand and MIT I get but why do they need an ad agency involved?

[William]

Do you need to be able to stare at goats to be qualified to ride that? :confused:





William

[cdn_bacon]

what happens when you accidentally think of your next work "shift" when on a climb..

or I should "shift" over to my right a little more...

or like any good auto-correct.. Holy SHIFT that was a close one...

Going to make for some tough pedalling

[avalonracing]

I'm more concerned that it would read my mind at a bad time. More than once during a climb on a 100ºF day I've though to myself, "Just kill me now".

[William]

I'd be afraid of what that thing would do if I passed a good looking woman. Probably get stuck in the biggest gear. :no:



:o Ok, ban me now. ;)





William

[d_man16]

Do you need to be able to stare at goats to be qualified to ride that? :confused:





William

Too funny!

~D

[Smiley]

ITS CALLED A FIXED GEAR BIKE, my mind shifts that bike alot too

[FixedNotBroken]

Looks just like a Cervelo S series..