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Mopah scooter uses iPod as its key

by Dave Caolo Aug 11th 2005 at 11:30AM

scooterMichael Tseng is finishing up his five years in design school, and offers as his senior thesis the Mopha scooter, which uses an iPod as its "key." To start it up, you place your iPod into a dock that's located just above the handlebars. The scooter then reads the iPod's unique serial number and starts the engine. As you ride, the music on your iPod plays through speakers built into the seat.

You can't buy one yet, as Michael is still looking for those key initial investors. My only question is this: Can I drive that thing around Boston without getting beat up?

[Via Engadget]
 

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Marcello

beside the total ugliness of the thing, which can be quite based on personal judgement, what really bothers me is that the next thing you would probably ride after a stroll on a sharp-edged metal-reinforced wooden seat on anything else than a ice rink is a damn wheelchair... come on... he studied design and interaction for five years to come with something THIS stupid??? bha... M

August 12 2005 at 4:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Seabass

"Can I drive that thing around Boston without getting beat up?" Short answer: No. Long answer: Fuck no.

August 11 2005 at 6:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kacy

I am not sure I'd want to be caught riding that on the streets of new york for any number of reasons.

August 11 2005 at 2:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wheels

Aren't the speakers built into the seat, not build? And, I must agree, that thing is pretty fugly.

August 11 2005 at 12:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Derek

It looks like an Apple II on wheels.

August 11 2005 at 12:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave Caolo

Fugly? I thought it had kind of a cool, minimalist, mod look. Eye of the beholder, I guess...

August 11 2005 at 12:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Guillermo

My question is how can a design student design something so fugly?! It looks incredibly uncomfortable, too. Nice site, though.

August 11 2005 at 11:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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