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One would think that owning a normal scooter outside of Europe would be geeky enough, but the guys behind this project simply were not satisfied with a run-of-the mill vehicle. In fact, they managed to cram a PC with a 1.2 GHz Mini-ITX motherboard, 1GB of RAM, a 2GB SSD, Bluetooth, and wireless internet into the frame along with a TV and radio tuner, 8" LCD touchscreen, GPS, web cam, system status monitor, a mobile PVR and even an electric guitar PC uplink.
In other words, you could be surfing the internet, making Skype calls, broadcasting your own pirate radio station, functioning as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot, watching TV (and taping your favorite shows), checking your GPS and playing the guitar while you cruise down the road. Sounds like safe fun to me. If you want to get in on it, check back in on the project page. They are planing on posting detailed instructions on how to build one for yourself in the near future. [Project Page]
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Quite amazing. How long does it take someone to toss it in the bed of their pickup and drive off with it? :P
@Cobolman2: It probably be easier to just knock the person off and out pace them with it as they run after you.
GTA STYLE
Vino 50...woot woot.
@Kraftwerker: Good point. Whoever gets one of these should get the Pepper-Gel of Death to go along with it.
Whatever happened to "Shut up and drive?"
All in exchange for your dignity.
@ChrisH027: Agreed, It should be called poop gel though.
But is it street legal?
Is it portable?
I'd rather have PeeWee's Schwinn.
No thanks, I prefer not to be the speed bump.
Perfect for the geek who has trouble keeping the ladies away.
@athingunique: It sure is! Anything under 50cc and under you don't need to register to drive on US roads. Liqour-cycle, baby!
@ChrisH027:
yeah but remember, you can get a DUI on a friggin skateboard. so pour the rum from the rum bottle into the coke bottle, not the other way around.
fun messing-with-cops activity of the day: go driving around with a car full of minorities while you all drink gatorade wrapped in brown paper bags while constantly passing around and sharing one cigar. Extra Credit: in an american car made between 1978 and 1989.
Extra Extra Credit: In a school zone, and everyone wear the same color clothes.
i know, i know... it's all fun and games until someone gets shot in the face.
I always wanted to run Linux on my scooter!!!
Have fun trying to actually USE those functions...
@nutbastard: Yeah, but after the lawsuit, the rest of you are set for life!
/Just need to find somebody to take one for the team ...
@nutbastard: Not so fun when you are a minority and this is actually a regular occurrence (the getting pulled over for DWM [Driving While Minority], not the drinking paper-sacked Gatorades and spreading hepatitis with a cigar)
@TOWken22:
as a white guy who used to have dreadlocks and who drove a 1984 ex-police car impala with a "bad cop no donut" sticker around when i was 16, i too have experienced the pulled-over-once-every-two-weeks-for-no-fucking-reason phenomenon.
@TOWken22:
Hepatitis!?!?!
where are you sticking that cigar before you pass it?
@nutbastard: AH, a kindred spirit. I still think I hold the record with 4 times in one day. Ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous.
@nutbastard:
If you are white and have dreadlocks you deserve whatever happens to you. Seriously, is there any bigger poser look than that?
I'm hoping they upgraded the standard electrical systems found in most scooters. Those high tech gadgets wouldn't survive the voltage fluctuations on a typical scooter.
Bet the geek'd scooter still won't help the builders get any girls.
@Randile:
yes.... searching for your picture to put next to the quote: "I'm culturally sophisticated and have a firm grip on basic human rights"
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