One of the most fun parts of this whole adventure was what came after the years of development and pedaling… being invited to conferences and trade shows to mingle with the folks who built the industry (and make a few bucks in the process). I miss those days.
This is Vint Cerf, an iconic figure in Internet history, stopping by my booth to see BEHEMOTH. It was an honor to spend a few minutes chatting with him. The photo above is by Ole Jacobsen, though this meeting took place at Spring Interop in Washington DC (also 1992).
High-Tech Nomad and the BEHEMOTH
Interop ’92 Program
Stop by and meet self-proclaimed, high-tech nomad Steve Roberts and discover first-hand the capabilities of his custom recumbent bicycle with built-in computing and communications capabilities. Designed to satisfy Roberts’ obsessions with bicycling, adventure, computer design, networking and ham radio, the 105-speed BEHEMOTH is powered by solar 
energy and man. Equipped with computers, microprocessors, on-board computer network, cellular phone with modem and fax, satellite communications, ham radio, heads-up display, handlebar keyboard, speech synthesizer, security system and stereo, BEHEMOTH is completely self contained and has transported Roberts over 16,000 adventurous miles around North America. Don’t miss the opportunity to get a glimpse of his pioneering way of life and discover how current information and communication technology offers startling possibilities for alternative working environments and personal lifestyles. The BEHEMOTH will be on display during the INTEROP 92 Fall Exhibition. For more information — See Global INTEROP Session G35 on page 176.
Random posts from the archives:
I don't speak Russian, so am alas unable to translate this, but it appears to be a rather substantial treatment of BEHEMOTH (judging by spot checks with Babelfish). To create the Searchable PDF, I used the Russian OCR function... but since my own text editors don't know what to do with that, I was u...
For a few years, I was in the active stable of Keynote Speakers bureau, and every few months would load BEHEMOTH into a trailer and trundle off across the US for a gig... usually filling in the gaps with more casual events and visits with friends or sponsors. This was a particularly fun one for me, ...
This was just a brief snippet from western New York, as we were enroute from Buffalo to the Finger Lakes and Ithaca. Local newspapers would often get wind of our passage and send a photographer to meet us on the road; this one had almost no accompanying story. That little mirror trick in the phot...
