Toyota pioneers mind control bicycle gear changes

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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