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iPhone as motorcycle instrument cluster!

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at 1:07 PM

motoczysz-erpc-iphone-clusterWhile the iPhone can’t claim to slice and dice blocks of cheese, the iPhone has “converged” an aruably more useful technology – a motorcycle instrument cluster. The all-electric MotoCzysz E1pc that you see pictured here uses the iPhone as its instrument cluster, replacing traditional instrumentation altogether.

The electric super-bike can zip to 120MPH in under 9 seconds. That means, by the motoczysz-e1pctime your car is putt-putting around at about 65MPH, this bike has already been breaking the law for a few seconds.

The MotoCzysc E1pc motorcycle connects with the iPhone through USB, but it’s unclear if custom software is being used or if the MotoCzysc E1pc team is just using already-available iPhone apps that can track speed and acceleration using the iPhone’s accelerometers.

Custom software or not, big props to boffins working on the MotoCzysc E1pc for integrating an iPhone into the bike’s design.

[Via: HellForLeather]

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

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    Until you lose you phone and you can’t drive home!

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