The Toyota Prius X Parlee Concept Bike

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Just like riding a bike but with a whole new meaning with a concept bike from Toyota and Parlee Cycles. This bike isn't like all your other bikes this one possesses the power to read your mind that’s right it’s not a joke.

The bike looks completely normal the headgear is a dead giveaway. Like something out of a sci-fi movie the neurohelmet comes equipped with plastic tentacles and metal sensors pressed against the cyclist's scalp.

With minimal training and perhaps a little sweet talking a cyclist can shift the gears on the bike with just one thought. Type of brain wave instructs the bike to shift downward, while another type causes it to shift upward. It definitely takes some practice. So until your mental powers are refined prepare to be tossed over the handlebars.

For this specific project a lightweight laptop was slipped inside the back of the cyclist's jersey so that it could talk to the neuroheadset with a smart phone app and the wiring inside the bike.

With a built-in failsafe if the brain waves are ever misinterpreted the cyclist can switch a setting on the smart phone app to manually control the shifting of the bike.

The PXP design will not be sold on the market including future bikes gadgets and even prosthetics will likely become more commonplace. Fact is Parlee plans to release a new road bike in 2012 or 2013 inspired by the PXP design.