I'm a bit slow off the mark with this post, I'm sure most of you will of heard of the Copenhagen Wheel by now. For those that havn't, the Copenhagen wheel was developed by MIT researchers and was debuted at the Copenhagen conference on climate change - see what they did there? Smart cookies those guys at MIT!
The idea is that this wheel turns a bike into a sort of hybrid, with the power coming from both the rider and the electric motor giving a boost when needed. And of course it wouldn;t be complete without a Bluetooth connection so you can track usage with your iphone. These wheels are set to go into production in 2010, it wil lbe interesting to see what sort of price these come out at. Initial estimates say that these wheels will cost the same as a full electric bike, if that's the case then buyers will be limited to the trendy and the 'be green at any cost' crowd.
Lets just wait until the Chinese have reverse engineered these and you will see clones appear on Ebay at a fraction of the price. Lets give those guys and girls at MIT a big cheer, anything that encourages cycling has to be good for us all. Heres a short video that explains the wheel in more detail.
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