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A Scooter With Everything (For Certain Values of Everything)
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!"
Who needs a serial interface ? Newer GPS come with Bluetooth. Or just use something like the Nokia N810. I mounted one on my motorcycle, with a 12V adaptor to let me run the backlight full-time. Primarily for the GPS, but war-driving would be easy. Or playing MP3s via B/T headphones, or getting email via GPRS in my cellphone. Slip it in your pocket when it rains, or you grab a coffee. 2.7 litres/100km, BTW.