The HyCycle isn't the kind of thing you'd want to have to take through airport security - at least not in its present state. The electricity-generating electric bike prototype is bit of a mess of wires and blinking boards at the moment, plus a battery that looks an awful lot like a block of C4. All are attached to one of its creators' rust-colored Schwinn road bike. The bicycle is a project of a group of Northeastern students, an attempt to build a cheaper electric bicycle - one that can be offered as a do-it-yourself kit that users can snap to their existing bike frame.
The front tire has a magnetic coil assembly (28 coils in all).
Engadget, HyCycle electric bike hands-on (video)
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