WWW = Wireless Web Wheels?

[Jonathon Watkins]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3726347.stm' target='_blank'>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3726347.stm</a><br /><br /></div>Hot on the heels (literally) of Pat's post on the BBC story about <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=249700">WiFi and the Art of Yak Husbandry</a>, comes more wifi news from the same source: <br /><br /><i>"Wireless hotspots are springing up in buildings and homes all over the world but one New York artist has literally taken the idea onto the streets, turning his bicycle into a wi-fi hub. Yury Gitman describes himself as a wireless and emerging-media artist and for his latest project has turned to cycle power to create the wireless bike. It has been capturing the imagination of New York's trendiest urbanites and has been described by one New York paper as one of the hippest hotspots in the city. "As well as being cool and stylish, it is also mobile," said Mr Gitman. The wireless bike, or Magicbike as Mr Gitman prefers to call it, is not just a trendy alternative to the wi-fi cafe or office. "A grassroots bottom-up wireless infrastructure can be formed and pedalled to any place accessible by bicycle," said Mr Gitman". </i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/Bike2.jpg" /> <br /><br /><i>"The wireless bike has wi-fi antennas which mounted on the bike's frame and feed into a laptop hidden in the saddle-bag. The connection is received either from the cellular network or from nearby hotspots. Mr Gitman admits that borrowing bandwidth from nearby open networks is something of a legal grey area. "There is not a one world legal answer but it is arguable that it is sometimes illegal," he said. There is however plenty of bandwidth to go around and Mr Gitman believes that hotspot owners will not be aware of the bike sharing the signal unless large video files were being downloaded."</i> <br />So, to all of you that hanker after the wonderful wireless web, the message is simple: on yer' bike! :treadmill:

[Zack Mahdavi]

This is amusing, but it would be 10 times cooler if he figured out how to do this on a Segway instead! :)

[R K]

"The wireless bike has wi-fi antennas which mounted on the bike's frame and feed into a laptop hidden in the saddle-bag."

I wonder how long the laptop would last in that saddle-bag. A lot of the laptops I've dealt with would melt into a pile of nice metal soup if it was to continually run in such an enclosed space.

[T-Will]

I'm surprised someone beat pt to the idea... pt you're fallin' behind in your innovation... ;)

[Ryan Joseph]

This is amusing, but it would be 10 times cooler if he figured out how to do this on a Segway instead! :)

Ha! That made me laugh! Well said.

I read something a while ago about a guy who set up a hotspot in his car. He could only drive a few blocks away from his office building because he had some sort of high speed wireless system on the roof of the building that was "beaming" the network connection to a dish on his car. The article said he would drive into Starbucks parking lots and overpower their network, giving people free Internet access.

Moveable hotspots is a very cool idea. The main problem is where to get the original signal from.

Get a Segway, hook it up for satellite broadband, and then you'd have something!

http://members.verizon.net/vze28w6x/segway.GIF

[Jonathon Watkins]

Get a Segway, hook it up for satellite broadband, and then you'd have something!

:rotfl: Very good Ryan, very good. :lol:

[Johnathan]

Very interesting :lol: