Wearable Motorcycle Concept?
Yep, things have definitely taken a turn here in “motorcycle land”. Challenged to rethink motorcycle transportation, Art Center College of Design student Jake Loniak decided that having a “motorcycle as an extension of the body” was a literal statement. Inspired by Bio-mechatronics and called the Deus Ex Machina, (means “God out of a Machine”) Loniak’s concept is an electric vertically parking motorcycle controlled by 36 pneumatic muscles with 2 linear actuators. Yamaha has already branded the Deus Ex concept which is worn as an exo-skeleton with seven artificial vertebra as well as the pneumatically attached helmet. The motor is in-wheel, powered by ultra-capacitors and doped nano-phoshpate batteries similar to those already used in hybrids, and is capable of 0-60mph in 3 seconds. Top speed is 75mph with a recharge time of 15 minutes and cycle time of 1 hour. We have a few concerns/questions like: What happens if you go “down” or take a corner too hard?. Where can my girl ride? And when entered into a show, is this classified as “new metric or future metric”? Can’t image it at bike nights! Apparently there is no storage compartments for luggage, bags, tools etc. Well, you can’t have everything….but it’s cool looking. IF you want to find out more, click HERE.
