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A Scooter With Everything (For Certain Values of Everything)

Posted by timothy on from the next-year-these-will-be-everywhere dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The folks over at Thought Lab have produced an extremely high-density mobile computing platform in a scooter and have been kind enough to teach us all how to make our own! The end result was a rolling system capable of long-distance war driving, GPS navigation, Skype calls on the road, serving as an Internet hot spot or a low-power pir8 radio station, as well as recording your favorite TV program so you don't miss Lost because you are lost. If that's not over the top enough, you can actually drive your scooter to, say, the Grand Canyon, plug in your electric guitar and perform live over the Web at a whim!"

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  1. Re:It's like that guy with the bike by somersault · · Score: 3, Funny

    Today, it's kind of silly. Devices in the iPhone size class can do almost everything, so building all this gear into a vehicle is kind of pointless. Time to start turning your iPhone into a scooter then? Or how about a surfboard made entirely of iPhones..
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    which is totally what she said
  2. wattache? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Clearly it does not include a spelling checker.

    1. Re:wattache? by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

      I noticed that too. I'm thinking a wattache must be some kind of electronic personal assistant.

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      which is totally what she said
  3. Disappointed - not knightrider by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    if it can't talk with pulsing red lights, i don't want to know about it.

    High density mobile computing platform rolls right off the tongue. puts the geek in geek scooter.

    if you get the grand canyon, don't stop at the ledge, keep going!

  4. Re:It's like that guy with the bike by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    > Today, it's kind of silly.

    Plus it's a scooter.

  5. The Horror by explosivejared · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here we have the USB Camera pointing out of the front of the scooter where the horn normally would be.

    I suppose this is so you can capture the final expressions of horror from your victims as you crush them under the weight of your super-accessorized, all-powerful scooter from hell.

    In all seriousness, this is a pretty neat build. Convergence to the point of absurdity is always fun.

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    I got a catholic block.
  6. pir8? by randyest · · Score: 4, Funny

    Really, "pir8" -- not "pirate?" Wow, /. is so 1337 (rolleyes).

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    everything in moderation
  7. Am I allowed.. by wattrlz · · Score: 4, Funny

    To imagine a beowolf cluster of these?

    1. Re:Am I allowed.. by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 4, Funny

      To imagine a beowolf cluster of these?

      Only iif you think of a name for your scooter gang first. May I suggest "Hell's Tech Support"?

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      Your ad here. Ask me how!
  8. Re:But will it... by timbck2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...blend?

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    Absurdity: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. -- Ambrose Bierce
  9. Re:It's like that guy with the bike by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They haven't quite figured out how to put WiFi in a fat chick yet. Just you wait.