How would you go about parking this, or going into a store and leaving it outside?

jahh- what you been smokin? it -obviously- comes with a blue tooth enabled forcefield.

Holy crap this is awesome! How is this thing powered? by the scooter battery? is that enough to run a computer?

Been thinking of doing something similar w/ my scooter.

That is the first scooter that is acceptable for us geeks.  WTG.  

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Where is the power required for all the electronics coming from?

The "brain" assembly doesn't look very robust given the vibration it can expect to encounter. Electronics on vehicles tie down all loose wires to minimize stress on the connectors and use potting compounds on circuit boards to hold the discrete components in place.

What, no alarm system? ;-)

Nice work!

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Let me know how riding in the raid works out :-)

Great!

Want. Total cost?

Full how to artical comming soon with parts and costs.

Please dear <insert diety>, please tell me it doesn't run windows!

I can't wait for the how to article.  I am DYING to know how you connected it all up to the scooter's power/battery.

Great job!

hey guys!

1. you're fantastic!

2. it's great!

3. what about if.... it rains?????

4. what about the software side? I mean, it'll be 4 sure running linux, but which packages did u choose? how is the whole thing assembled? touch monitor or portable keyboard with, say, trackpoint? and the net functionality of course is when you're still, but what about nextcoming wimax???

THX!

You can get large headwinds on a scooter and that monitor doesn't look very wind resistant.  Won't that snap off?  It kinda looks sad.  Poor scooter, I bet my girlfriend would have liked it too.

Solve the wind problem -- modify a strong windshield to provide a 'heads up' display?  Aim to handle winds up to 80mph (assuming stiff headwind, and sheer from semi-trailer trucks passing opposite direction, and the forward motion of scooter).

Put the sort of mouse used with projection displays in the helmet?

If stolen, maybe spraying the driver with the purple dye banks use to mark money, along with a sprinkling of small RFID 'tags'?

Holy crap!

Does mom know you want to park this in her garage, or can you get into you room in the basement!

Not a chick magnet

In addition to what's been said about vibration, I didn't see any heat shielding in the underseat compartment.  It gets awfully warm under there, especially on long rides.

Also, how removable is the "brain frame"?  I ask because it may get in the way of a mechanic accessing the carburetor.

It doesn't need an alarm, if it moves it just calls you and the police and provides them with driving directions to recover it. DUH!

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Where do put your helmet?

What's the brand/model of the panel used for the "System Status Monitor"? It looks pretty cool.

We will have a full part list and breakdown next week as part one of the full how to.

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And then one day you are driving around and it starts raining.

Now that's something great!!

It's cool indeed...a lot of creativity and effort must have gone into to create such a unique and splendid creation...a great appreciation to you all..

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@Everyone concerned with wind, vibrations, etc. etc. What the hell do you think? That the people that built this did not consider those problems? Do you really think they were a bunch of morons? Shut the hell up already.

What I wanted to say is, instead of going "OMG that's gonna break, dudez! PWND!!!", someone should ask "How did you guy solved X problem?" thus implying that they have thought of it and tried to solve it. Always thinking that others are less geniuses that you are shows you have a small e-Pen.

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Helmet?  We don't need no stinking helmets.

This is a bike for geeks, not nerds.

Some scooters (eg; Vespa PX range) have glove boxes that would fit a small touch/flatscreen. If you could also tie it up with some engine diagnostics as well that would be great.

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Regarding the question as to where to put the helmet...It's called a brainbucket for a reason.

Grasp helmet with both hands, place helmet on bump between shoulders, go for a ride.

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What/who's antenna are they using?  20db gain in an omni is unbelievable!  (Note: The .jpg shows it as 30db which is even more unbelievable...)

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freakin awesome idea!!

parking is problem..lol

Is it waterproof or does one need advance rain warning system? :D

What a mess of rolling scooter disaster!  Not to mention being a distracting menace of a hazard to the other motorists, as well as the rider him-, or herself.  

It's one thing to celebrate the triumph of human ingenuity and technology; and then there is this basket-full of excess and "I really wanna stay-in-touch-with-it-all-ness"!  

Someone did it with an otherwise beautiful red Vespa and walked away with a "Best Modern" at the Amerivespa 2007 in Seattle.  It caused a scandal then.  Hated it.  This current version--hate it, too.

Let's stick it to riding; not pimping.

--Lorenzo

Haha totally nerdy, but I kinda want one! :)

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Use visual display unit while driving/riding, no no :-)

and no blue tooth helmet headset?

i thought the alternator on these things wouldnt be enough to run a inverter big enough to power all these items?

Bluethooth headset a must! and bluetooth laser keyboard also. Add voice command and your getting close to what it is!

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Cool, but thoroughly useless setup. Would anybody actually park that scooter on the street, and sit there using the computer ? Surely couldn't use it in motion. Would be much better to transfer the equipment to an enclosed vehicle of some type.

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Hey, where's the followup you guys promised??

Can we buy one soon? How much?

Read Part 2 at:

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