CycleScore is a MIT project that merges video gaming with a recumbent bicycle.
The bike's pedals and handlebars are turned into game controllers, and the game program rewards steady effort and the occasional burst of speed.
The game consists of steering a hot-air balloon over mountains -- might get a little old after a while, even if the balloonist can fire missiles at passing targets for extra points.
But MIT students hope to eventually offer a suite of slam-bam action games and plan a version that'll let workout buffs link their bikes over the Internet and compete against each other.
They should hurry up as a similar bike has been developed by Japanese company, the CatEye's gamebike allows you to control any Playstation 2 race game with the bicycle: steering with the handlebars and pedaling for speed.
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From Boston.com, and La Repubblica.