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  • Wearable, Tron-ish motorcycle concept, looks nice and safe

    Devin Coldewey

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    Monday, August 18th, 2008

    There’s a reason the “wearable vehicle” concept has only taken off in games and insane stunts. It’s probably that part where there’s heavy machinery attached to your body and if you take a turn wrong, it’ll tear your limbs off. Let’s hear what the creator has to say about the death machine pictured above:

    “It’s like riding two skateboards at once, but stable, because the machine supports the rider’s body… This isn’t fantasy, it’s a green vehicle, and all of the numbers are based in the real world.”

    Well, it’s certainly electric, and the three-wheel setup may be stable (his comparison to riding two skateboards notwithstanding), but I just see so many ways this could go wrong. These are more suited to flashy, futuristic vehicular combat than anything else.

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