Mopah scooter uses iPod as its key
Michael 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?
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Michael 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...
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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 Permalink rate up rate down Reply"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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI 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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAren'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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt looks like an Apple II on wheels.
August 11 2005 at 12:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFugly? 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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMy question is how can a design student design something so fugly?! It looks incredibly uncomfortable, too. Nice site, though.
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