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Japanese Multi-Level Bicycle Parking

newSeasons — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:06:45 EDT

Japanese people rule! This is the narliest thing Ive ever seen! Kick ass

newSeasons

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Fierock — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:32:04 EDT

@danger_the_pirate: I can't believe that you were the only one to mention the VW one (especially with so many fanboys here)

Fierock

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bbfreak — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:50:29 EDT

What do you expect from a country with only a self defense military, an excessive population that is aging as well. Robots and inventions like this, aren't just because Japan likes to make cool crap. Its because frankly, they don't have the space or the can't take care of it's older population. Remember, necessity is the mother of innovation.

bbfreak

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Makito — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:19:16 EDT

I've always wondered what would happen if you were to leave something in your car accidentally and not realize till you were watching your car rotate away... say something like your sleeping sister in the back seat... just "hypothetical" of course!

Makito

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judacris — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:35:45 EDT

@twreckx:
Yes that one. I think it real (Have yet to go to Japan).

judacris

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Mr.Wilson — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:30:57 EDT

I don't know which I'm more amused about, the bike system or the Ferris Wheel car system. I'd love to see that car system in action!

Mr.Wilson

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danger the pirate — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:00:26 EDT

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: i like vw's version better: [gizmodo.com]

danger the pirate

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CutePuppyz — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:17:30 EDT

@Rabid Penguin: My point too. You'd be lucky if you could find a middle-classed man who could even fit onto A bike seat. He might need two.

CutePuppyz

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_newuser_ — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:03:59 EDT

awesome....

not the bikes though, they look like ones in mid-1900s

_newuser_

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Valiuse — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:00:31 EDT

Yes, they are real. Me and a friend of mine asked if we could ride one in Akihabara... they wouldn't let us. T_T

Valiuse

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PassinThrough — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:31:52 EDT

Not all bicycles are the same size - recumbents tend to be longer than the standard bike. I wonder how they'd fare in the automated system? It looks like the dock is a little short for these.

Cool idea, though.

PassinThrough

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BrianB — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:52:13 EDT

If only enough lazy Americans would get off duffs to make something like this viable!

BrianB

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twreckx — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:44:31 EDT

Oops. This one.

twreckx

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twreckx — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:43:16 EDT

@judacris: You mean this one?

twreckx

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judacris — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:31:48 EDT

"AH! That robot is taking my bike! Open these doors! Give me back my Bike!"

Judging from the "do this for Cars" comments, is that carpark in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift real? The one where it churns and automatically brings out Bow Wow's Green-ish car?

judacris

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twreckx — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:30:27 EDT

@Rabid Penguin: That could just be because there are a lot more americans.

twreckx

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madcow3417 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:25:33 EDT

My bike just disappearing would be a little disconcerting. I think they should add a camera to the arm as well as a tiny spotlight. This would let you see approximately where your bike is going, but being a tiny spotlight all you'd see is bike after bike passing by so you'd still have some mystery about the size and shape of the vault.

madcow3417

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LordZedd — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:23:03 EDT

Now they just need to do this for cars.

LordZedd

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homerjay — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:20:13 EDT

That would be even cooler if it made that cookie monster sound as it sucked in a bike.

homerjay

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Rabid Penguin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:02:57 EDT

@TheManator:
Also, and this isn't based on any fact, I'm sure you can find a lot more Japanese using bikes than American's.

Rabid Penguin

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tidybowl — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:01:53 EDT

actually - Toyota has something like this for displaying their cars down in the Odaiba area - it's a tower that has two columns of cars (about 7 or so on each side) plus a pretty cool elevator contraption in the middle.

Doing it with bikes seems like it'd be quite a bit easier - it's more of a software issue than a hardware one.

tidybowl

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tidybowl — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:57:22 EDT

Yeah - this isn't exactly "innovation" they've had multi-story bike parking lots in Japan for a long time.

The electronic nature of it is more of an "upgrade" than outright innovation.

And for those who complain about corporate sponsorship in the US - wait till you get to Japan - even the professional sports teams have corporate sponsors. Most of the attractions in Tokyo Disneyland are corporate sponsored.

tidybowl

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OddManOut — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:14:29 EDT

'Bokusatsu_Tenshi' beat me to it, but I was gonna say, Yeah, it's even more impressive when they do it with cars.

And as far as multi level BICYCLE storage goes, I saw a bunch of very simple yet effective manual loaded two level versions in Taiwan.

Not new, but still cool...

OddManOut

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skittlzncombos — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:44:53 EDT

My mountain bike is usually covered in so much mud that they would scoff, laugh, and then throw me out.

skittlzncombos

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Chris Magor — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:40:33 EDT

Re the multi-level car parks: they are popping up in semi-rural areas now too. With land costing what it does in Japan it is no surprise.

Chris Magor

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:27:29 EDT

Oh, and this:

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:26:38 EDT

Nice!
Also this:

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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JAV — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:18:57 EDT

I love my 10 year old mountain bike. I always park indoors at home and when ever possible. I would pay $20/mo for this service.
Mmm Maybe I should get a franchise!

JAV

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LastVigilante — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:08:02 EDT

It reminds me of Minority Report and the silo of criminals being held in suspended animation.

@TheManator: Actually, Chicago's Millenium Park has a multi-level bike parking facility, though I don't believe it includes the nifty robotics. Also, like everything else in America, its corporately sponsored by McDonalds.

LastVigilante

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Fatty — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:50:36 EDT

summon my mighty bike! tonight we ride

Fatty

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ByeBye — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:34:00 EDT

That is really cool - and I can understands the practical uses of it too. Why isn't there anything like this in America? Oh that's right, we're #1 in innovation...pffft.. Japan is like, 1,000 years ahead in the future than we are.

ByeBye

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skullpin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:23:43 EDT

My bike just took the red pill.

skullpin

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WasabiJoe — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:22:48 EDT

Wow, that is pretty neat. I would just be worried if the card reader messed up or the bike got crushed by the machine or something like that. Maybe if the lines were crazy long as well.

WasabiJoe