This is one of very few published photos of Hogfish, the 30-foot folding trimaran that was built before the Corsair F-27 by John Walton (yes, THAT John Walton) and Mike Michie. I bought it for a song in Los Angeles, trailered it to my Apple-sponsored lab in Silicon Valley, and built the Microship project around…

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King of the Information Highway by Mike Cassidy, SV Dispatches San Jose Mercury News Sunday, June 2, 1996 Photo above: “Steve Roberts and his talking, computer-equipped bicycle have traveled thousands of miles together.” RICK E. MARTIN — MERCURY NEWS Steven Roberts is an analytical man who knew better than to become too attached. He and…

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At the cusp between the BEHEMOTH bicycle era and the beginning of the Microship project, this very well-written article appeared in Silicon Valley. I was just winding down a long mothership trek around the US, hauling the bike to speaking gigs and schmoozing for lab space to build the Microship, and the author did an excellent…

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by Lisa Lapin San Jose Mercury  News May 12, 1987 Steven Roberts describes himself as a typical high-tech junkie. He loves to tinker with his five computers, talk on his ham radio and play with his speech synthesizer in between freelance writing assignments. But he admits that his office is a bit unusual — a two-wheeled…

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