The Copenhagen Wheel

The Copenhagen Wheel turns an ordinary bike into a hybrid. The Copenhagen Wheel is a hub that you put on any rear bike wheel and within it the hub employs regenerative braking, an electric motor and even a Bluetooth connection to your iPhone for real-time data display. Every time you hit your brake the electric motor gathers energy and disperses energy through the motor when it senses that you are climbing a hill or if your pedaling slows in general. The Bluetooth connection sends data to your iphone which you then can share with other riders throughout the city and on other social networking sites like myspace and facebook. It even lets you rack up “green miles” as you travel about, a system not unlike a frequent-flyer program that rewards you for logging time on your bike rather than a car, bus or train.

The Copenhagen Wheel will change the way people commute to work, and hopefully help the obesity within our society.

Check out this Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7y3qIQu3Gc&feature=player_embedded

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