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Soichiro Honda's Bicycle Pedals
Touring pedals

Origin

Soichiro Honda

Type

Bicycle Pedals

Effects

Skill Acquisition

Downsides

Retrograde amnesia

Activation

Usage by a deeply inquisitive person

Collected by

Warehouse 13

Section

Ford-1908

Aisle

380994-4681

Shelf

828128-6425-482

Date of Collection

April 27, 2018

[Source]


Origin[]

Soichiro Honda, namesake of the reputed car and motorbike manufacturer, was always interested in engineering. Under apprenticeship, Honda cobbled together race cars and an early repair lift while learning all he could about automobile manufacturing. During multiple attempts at building a company, he would give somebody more business savvy control while he returned to university to immerse himself in metallurgical understanding. Few doubted his skill as a builder, gained from hundreds of hours of hands-on design. Even as a young scamp, he used a bicycle pedal as a stamp to forge parent signatures on report cards.

Effects[]

Simplifies the process of understanding difficult concepts. Neuroplasticity of the brain is noted to increase during usage, allowing the wielder to connect different ideas together more readily instead of being confused and stubborn trying to piece together facts. It is especially strong when learning technical skills involving detailed handwork or visual inspection.

Continually rewires the brain’s learning capacity, meaning older skills which have been neglected get replaced for new material. Which is fine until people lose their speaking ability or all the unwritten social rules they’ve ever learned, like sneezing into one’s elbow. Or common sense like not bringing a hairdryer into a bathtub.

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