[Travis Covington]

Edit: I was thinking of the older shimano nexus stuff (and their more current stuff.

Very different technology, for sure. These things look to be promising, but I doubt we will see any progress made in the bicycle industry using these. They will have the same problems that the nexus hubs have/had. Their size and form factor just will not work well on a bike. Using it as a hub is not appealing to anyone other than the recumbant users who love their nexus drivetrains. Maybe the downhill bikes where the extra weight isnt an issue and the frame can be modified to accept the CVT inside the frame, similar to how the current high end GT downhill bike is made.

It'll be interesing to see either way.