Wireless scooter lets you wardrive from the fast lane
This how-to shows building instructions for putting together a scooter that doubles as a roving wireless hotspot, GPS device, pirate radio station, and even has enough juice to amplify an electric guitar in order to play songs over the web. Lots of really nice build photos including laser cuts and pics of the motherboard at the link below.
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Haha, that is a cute scooter for it being wireless. It's kind of like the one we sell at SpeedyPocketBikes.com just a ton smaller lol. I want one!!
Ash
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