The electric motorcycle you can wear
Go on. It's just what you always wanted - if you really fancy looking like some kind of bug or like you just stepped out of the Matrix.
The electric 3-wheeled motorcycle you can wear is apparently worn as an exo-skeleton with seven artificial vertebra (well, they would hardly be real), 36 controlling pneumatic muscles and two linear actuators. It's also got a pneumatically attached helmet. Lovely - what happens if you fall off? Does your head stay with the bike because it's safer??
Aside from that small consideration this prototype creation by design student Jake Loniak has in-wheel motors and is capable of 0-60mph in three seconds with a top speed of 75mph and cycle time of one hour. Quite long enough I'd imagine, but if you feel like more you can charge it up again in only 15 minutes.
One report laments this electric bike's lack of storage or securement for a briefcase or bag saying that puts even the average urban commute beyond the extravagantly named Deus Ex Machina's current capabilities.
What are they thinking of, fer goodness sake. The sort of people who would actually be seen in something like this aren't going to encumber themselves or their machine with anything that would cause an unsightly bulge or distraction from the profile. It's all about 'See me and how cool I am.'
I'm sure there's some fashion designer already knocking out a little skintight ensemble to go with it. And speaking of skintight I don't recall Superheroes ever having the need for carrybags or even pockets. Nope - not a problem.

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