The plan is to launch a Kickstarter in the next few months, but a prototype is working now and the team is building out more features.Īgain, it’s still early to call it, but it’s definitely an ambitious and cool hardware project. Little did I know that these things were going to be far cooler than I imagined.

I saw these guys at the NYC Maker Faire and was really excited to see a svelte electric bike. The founder, Jack Al-Kahwati is a former Sikorsky and BAE engineer, which I suspect means that soon he’ll be able to add carbon fiber wings to this thing and make it fly you over traffic. The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Kurzweil, Ray and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The creators hope to offer ubiquitous computing built-in for “data sensing, real-time intelligent tracking systems, dynamic routing, and social integration.” Book cover of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. The bike also works with your smartphone for built-in mapping and “drive by wire” control of your brakes and transmission. Discover why The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil is such a great book to read. Nearly 100 years later, we're not so sure. We used to think the Big Bang meant the universe began from a singularity. Designed to reduce the “problems” associated with biking – namely collisions and mapping – the bike/microprocessor system is fully electric and connects with your smartphone to perform some very interesting tricks.įirst, there’s collision avoidance that offers haptic feedback when you’re about to slam into something. Surprise: the Big Bang isn’t the beginning of the universe anymore.

The Velo is still a bit of a pie-in-the-sky project but I’d totally be down with it if they made a few in real life.

The singularity is nigh