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WiFi On Two Wheels

Posted by timothy on from the steve-mcqueen dept.

MeGaBiTe1 writes "Yury Gitman is not the average cyclist from Brooklyn. His goal is to bring more easily accessible free wireless hotspots to the masses. To do this, he has created what he calls the Magicbike, a bicycle equipped with a laptop, power supply and antenna. Gitman's bike has allowed people in NYC to browse the internet freely in local parks and gardens. 'I am like the ice cream man, but with no music and I deliver free wireless access and not ice cream'."

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  1. "I am like the ice cream man, only not..." by JessLeah · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how long it will be before a cop pulls over his bike and tickets him for inappropriate and bizarre analogies...

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  2. Like an oscillating fan of internet access. . . by iustus · · Score: 5, Funny

    "He's coming around the park again~ Quick! hit
    the reload button while you have the chance!"

    -- Connected to Wi-fi bike boy --
    -- 11.00 mbits per second --
    -- signal stregnth low --

    *swoosh*

    --wireless internet conneciton unavailable--

    "damnit. . . "

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