Re: Wireless Bike

Here's another idea; the solar bike.
(www.pterosail.com/store/images/products/1.jpg)
Generating local content is the goal.

This "sail bike kit" bolts onto a trike (a "tadpole" trike with two front
wheels). The sail could also hold flexible solar panels, generating some 50
watts in the summer for live cams and WiFi.

The solar trike is all about free publicity.

During the winter it would visit neighborhood schools ($250/day), teaching
wireless and digital media techniques. Like Ethos (www.ethos-inc.org) Like
City Repair (www.cityrepair.org).

The City Repair truck might haul the "sail bike" around for community events
in the summer. It would team with Ethos in the winter. (
www.dailywireless.org/2003/02/28/wi-fi-bus)

(1) A bike trailer carries four UMPCs or Linux-based MITs from Intel and a
dozen $100 digital cameras.
(2) A recumbent trike might be picked up for $3000, the sail kit adds
another $4000
(3) Classes in digital photograpy, neighborhood documentation, and oral
history would generate revenue.

Participants might interview each other, or their parents, grandparents and
elderly neighbors while looking through family or neighborhood photo albums
or while walking around the neighborhood, to stimulate their memory.

>
>
> Craig's List had a $600 recumbent bike posted yesterday.
> (http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/417719763.html)
>
> It got me thinking. How about a wireless recumbent bike. Two wheel
> incumbents fit on TriMet bus and Max. Trikes don't.
>
> The goal would be live community event coverage.
>
> The idea is that you park the wireless bike at a function, then turn on a
> live WiFi camera (like the Nikon S50c) and walk around shooting videos (on a
> chip). A tablet PC provides the photo, video, SMS and text entry. Flickr
> hosts the stills, YouTube hosts the video, and Stickam.com (or other host)
> displays the live video.
>
> This service would create a webpage, with embedded live video. The weblog
> would be updated during the event with photos, videos and stories gathered
> at the event, as well as texting services like Twitter.
>
> It could be free or $200/day. At $200/day, it would be paid off in 15
> events (about 2 years).
>
> Here's my cost breakdown:
>
> (1) Recumbent Bike             - $600
> (2) Metrix Box w antennas    - $600
> (3) Tablet PC                       - $600
> (4) WiFi Camera                  - $300
> (5) Still Camera (S-3 Canon) - $300
> (6) Battery Pack w inverter    - $100
> (7) 25 Watt Solar Charger     - $300
> (8) Misc hardware/software    - $200
>
> TOTAL:                        $3,000
>
> References:
> (1) Recumbent Bike (http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/417719763.html)
>
> (2) Metrix Box ( http://metrix.net)
> (3) TabletPC (http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/sys/417447803.html)
> (4) Nikon WiFi camera (www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/nikon_s50.html
> )
> (5) Canon S3 Still Camera (www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons3is/)
> (6) 25 Watt Solar Charger (www.dailywireless.org/2007/08/31/solar-bike-blogger
> )
> (7) Battery Pack (www.dailywireless.org/2007/08/23/solar-powered-wimax/)
> (8) CrankMyChain.com (
> www.dailywireless.org/2007/08/20/canon-wft-e3a-wifi-adapter/)
> (9) Stickam.com ( www.stickam.com)
>



-- 
Sam Churchill
(www.dailywireless.org)
-- 
The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/
Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate
Un/Subscribe:  http://lists.personaltelco.net/mailman/listinfo/general/
Archives:  http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/
Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette