Stanford/Reuters Digital Dirt Bike

Juniper Foo | Jul 21, 2004

Developed more for remote villages with little access to the World Wide Web, the Digital Dirt Bike is still one very cool machine. No surprise it picked up the Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award for 2003. The handiwork of US-based Whipsaw, a company dedicated to creating innovative products, the Bike is a solar-powered information and communication center on wheels. In rural outskirts where two-wheel chariots are a more practical mode of transportation, the Digital Dirt Bike is the perfect marriage to deliver all the villagers need as a life line to the modern world. Onboard is a notebook computer, printer, camera and satellite phone. The double lid of the weather- and shock-proof box contains solar panels for powering and recharging the equipment. There's even a portable tent for impromptu meetings in open fields. Nice!

Price: N.A.
Availability: On trial in Andra Pradesh, India
Device: Modified computer-on-wheels
Basic specs: Dirt bike, solar panels, notebook, printer, camera, satellite phone, sunshade

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