Wearable Motorcycle Exo-Skeleton Concept
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
Art Center College of Design student Jake Loniak designed this motorcycle concept, which he dubbed the Deus Ex Machina. His concept is an electric vertically parking motorcycle controlled by 36 pneumatic muscles with 2 linear actuators. It can reach 60mph in three seconds and has a top speed of 75mph. The exo-skeleton has seven artificial vertebrae and a pneumatically attached helmet. One thing is for certain, it’s a much more interesting “future of transportation” idea than the Segway.
Art Center College of Design shows Yamaha-branded wearable motorcycle concept [Hell For Leather] : engadget : Be Sportier
Categories: Concept, Design, Technology, The Future!
Posted at 12:24 pm on May 23, 2008
13 Comments -
I bet that would hold up real well in an accident.
Comment by Mike — May 23, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
If it burns gasoline and makes noise, I’m against it.
Comment by Mogothe Mugger — May 23, 2008 @ 3:41 pm
It says it’s electric. Besides, it looks very maneuverable, so it probably holds up as well as any motorcycle in an accident.
P.S. I WANT ONE
Comment by Kingfisher — May 23, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
That’ll be great when your head remains pneumatically attached to the helmet while your body is ejected during a collision
Comment by l.m.orchard — May 23, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
Man, I had no idea that we had so many Negative Nancys on this site! Cheesus, people, it’s a f***ing cool concept straight outta da’ Fuuuuuuuuuuuutuuuuuuuuuure! Isn’t that good enough for you?
And to echo Kingfisher – DO WANT!!!
Comment by racerabbit — May 23, 2008 @ 9:31 pm
It’s like someone took a Segway and made it awesome.
Comment by CJ — May 24, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
this story was taken from http://www.greencardesign.co.uk and not original of HellforLeather as described!
Comment by greencardesign — May 24, 2008 @ 11:52 pm
Where’s the mini-gun attachment point?
Comment by cha0tic — May 27, 2008 @ 8:43 am
Well there appears to be room for an arc reactor in the chest cavity.
Comment by Kingfisher — May 28, 2008 @ 10:21 pm
this design is a copy from an earlier Art Center Grad project. Peter Treadway is the original wearable transportation designer.
Comment by Design Cop — July 10, 2008 @ 2:13 pm
Hhhhmmm, I think I need one.
Comment by Joe Blow — August 22, 2008 @ 12:43 am
how is this anything like Treadway’s design?
Comment by MOnitor — September 1, 2008 @ 7:40 pm
see what would have happened if jeff bridges installed that stolen arc reactor in his segway?
Comment by jdallac — October 21, 2008 @ 4:16 pm