"Look, no hands: a phone-bike combo"

Read this following article from The Guardian.
Look, no hands: a phone-bike combo:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/s...150361,00.html

The Netherlands has a unique bicycle culture, higher population density
smaller distances and flatter terrain than here. Useful in Australia

I think not, it's hard enough for cyclists to keep senses alert. I
you're a cyclist, then combine the following with Australias aggressiv
car cultu -steer the bike, -watch for peds, -ring bell whe
necessary, -watching speed via the bike computer, -watching for movin
traffic, opening doors, -third eye on rear of head doing th
same. -ESP, useful for dealing with inattentive drivers, -ear
evaluating subtle and not-so-subtle changes in noise

Bernard Uyttendaele believes its to be a practical application o
Bluetooth technology. Anyway, many of us would think its just anothe
example of WOFTAM technology


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cfsmtb wrote:
Read this following article from The Guardian. Look, no hands: a phone-
bike combo:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/s...150361,00.html
The Netherlands has a unique bicycle culture, higher population density,
smaller distances and flatter terrain than here. Useful in Australia?
I think not, it's hard enough for cyclists to keep senses alert. If
you're a cyclist, then combine the following with Australias aggressive
car cultu -steer the bike, -watch for peds, -ring bell when
necessary, -watching speed via the bike computer, -watching for moving
traffic, opening doors, -third eye on rear of head doing the
same. -ESP, useful for dealing with inattentive drivers, -ears
evaluating subtle and not-so-subtle changes in noise.
Bernard Uyttendaele believes its to be a practical application of
Bluetooth technology. Anyway, many of us would think its just another
example of WOFTAM technology.

ESP? Is it "electronic stability program" (as in modern cars)? ;



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amirm wrote:
ESP? Is it "electronic stability program" (as in modern cars)?


Yeah, we wish, along with crumple zones and airbags on the hea
stem or forks

More like: "......ESP is most commonly called the "sixth sense." It i
sensory information that an individual receives which comes beyond th
ordinary five senses sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. It ca
provide the individual with information of the present, past, an
future; as it seems to originate in a second, or alternate reality....

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/ar...asensory_perce
ption.htm

(Some cyclists do profess having such supernatural powers


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cfsmtb wrote:
Yeah, we wish, along with crumple zones and airbags on the head
stem or forks.
More like: "......ESP is most commonly called the "sixth sense." It is
sensory information that an individual receives which comes beyond the
ordinary five senses sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. It can
provide the individual with information of the present, past, and
future; as it seems to originate in a second, or alternate reality...."
http://www.themystica.com/mystica/ar...sensory_perce-
ption.html
(Some cyclists do profess having such supernatural powers)

Since I utterly lack ESP, I wish my bike had side airbags

Can hang tyres on the sides though (like tugboats). Imagine how can on
bump off others with them in a race without hurting oneself. :



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"cfsmtb" wrote in message
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Read this following article from The Guardian.
Look, no hands: a phone-bike combo:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/s...150361,00.html

Not another "browsing the 'net while riding" thread! ;-)

I want one of those little lsd screens, I mean lcd screens
set flashbackcount:=2 and a dvd player on my bike.
The scenery along my commute is soo boring - I'd love
to be able to watch Arnie blast a few bad guys instead
of spending my time yelling at Ute/Excel drivers...

What about a bike-powered PlayStation or XBox?
Microwave, to prepare lunch while on the roll?
Cappucino machine - just pedal to froth!

Actually, does anyone remember the guy who travels
around the USA on a recumbent with a trailer and has
full-time internet access with an eyepiece screen that
flips over one eye and small "shorthand" keyboards
on his handlebars? I think he used to write for Wired
magazine about hacking and cyberculture or something
similar? Pedal write pedal write dodge Dodge pedal
write check satellite dish pedal clean eyepiece pedal
play Solitaire pedal rebuild kernel swerve around pot
hole reboot pedal, etc, etc..

hippy

Actually, does anyone remember the guy who travels
around the USA on a recumbent with a trailer and has
full-time internet access with an eyepiece screen that
flips over one eye and small "shorthand" keyboards
on his handlebars? I think he used to write for Wired
magazine about hacking and cyberculture or something
similar? Pedal write pedal write dodge Dodge pedal
write check satellite dish pedal clean eyepiece pedal
play Solitaire pedal rebuild kernel swerve around pot
hole reboot pedal, etc, etc..

hippy

I think this is the guy you are talking about, but at about $1.2 million I
wont be getting one soon(sure it would be a lot cheaper to build now)
It has a 286 with a 40 meg hard drive, anyone remember those??? lol

Nomadic Research Labs "Behemoth" bike is described on it's website website
as a ".computerized recumbent bicycle...autonomous mobile information and
communication platform... powered and propelled by human and solar power,
linked via satellite with global information networks". Its creator, Stephen
Roberts, some years ago peddled across the USA, wirelessly transmitting
trip reports typed out on specially designed, handlebar-mounted keyboards,
while he was simultaneously receiving GPS and e-mail information viewed on
a bicycle helmet-mounted wearable computer heads-up display
http://microship.com/bike/behemoth/why.html
http://www.robots.org/images/NASA_Am...ilion/Bike.jpg

Staying away from this!! Moving on....
But I will add.

After completing 50km and 95 km rides. There is so much sweat and crap on my
glasses, I cant see how head up might be practical anyway. Not over long
rides. Everything would just start looking like colour splotches.

Time will tell.


Hows it go Peter .......

[Rushing headlong: "out of control with my HUDs on"- and there ain't no
stopping]
[and there's nothing you can do about it at all]




"hippy" wrote in message
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"cfsmtb" wrote in message
.. .
Read this following article from The Guardian.
Look, no hands: a phone-bike combo:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/s...150361,00.html

Not another "browsing the 'net while riding" thread! ;-)

I want one of those little lsd screens, I mean lcd screens
set flashbackcount:=2 and a dvd player on my bike.
The scenery along my commute is soo boring - I'd love
to be able to watch Arnie blast a few bad guys instead
of spending my time yelling at Ute/Excel drivers...

What about a bike-powered PlayStation or XBox?
Microwave, to prepare lunch while on the roll?
Cappucino machine - just pedal to froth!

Actually, does anyone remember the guy who travels
around the USA on a recumbent with a trailer and has
full-time internet access with an eyepiece screen that
flips over one eye and small "shorthand" keyboards
on his handlebars? I think he used to write for Wired
magazine about hacking and cyberculture or something
similar? Pedal write pedal write dodge Dodge pedal
write check satellite dish pedal clean eyepiece pedal
play Solitaire pedal rebuild kernel swerve around pot
hole reboot pedal, etc, etc..

hippy

"stu" wrote in message
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I think this is the guy you are talking about, but at about $1.2 million I
wont be getting one soon(sure it would be a lot cheaper to build now)
It has a 286 with a 40 meg hard drive, anyone remember those??? lol

Yep, that's the guy. What a cool idea! I reckon that $1.2mil would
be substantially less with some more modern tech as well as having
a design already availble. I might see if the local 'bent manufacturers
are interested in sponsoring 'this' particular geek around Oz doing
the same thing ;-)

hippy

hippy wrote:

Yep, that's the guy. What a cool idea! I reckon that $1.2mil would
be substantially less with some more modern tech as well as having
a design already availble. I might see if the local 'bent manufacturers
are interested in sponsoring 'this' particular geek around Oz doing
the same thing ;-)

It actually had some grunt machines on there at one time (4?).

But did you notice the weight of the thing?

And this guy earnt his living by writing as he went around.

Uuuugh!! That's an appalling concept. It's bad enough trying to ge
drivers to pay attention on the road without trying to mimic thei
insane, selfish, immature behaviour. About 15 years ago there wasn't
mobile phone in sight, but now for some unknown mystery of human natur
every single banal idiot with a car seems to think that they're soooo
important that they must be contacted at every second of every day.
mean, they're flat out attempting to do two of those tasks you listed
That is, "steering the vehicle" and "watching their speed". You ca
forget about hoping they might be able to do any of the others. And the
they think they have a capacity to talk on the phone at the sam
time???? Yaaaaaa!!!!!

Boycott Orange I say. This is stupid


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