This delightful article in MikroBitti, the Finnish computer magazine, appeared during the BEHEMOTH bicycle epoch… and is an interesting departure from the mainstream US media perspective of the time. I am grateful to my friend Suvi for the translation. The article is in the “Information technology applications” department (Tietotekniikan sovellukset). Steven tietokonepyörä (Steven’s computer-bicycle) Mikrobitti…

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During the extended 1991-93 speaking tour, I trundled into Boston to do the Mobile World Expo… I recall a rush-hour plunge into traffic with my mobile lab in tow, parking challenges in the city, and a few brushes with union trade-show workers who didn’t want me rolling my own exhibit around… but it was otherwise…

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In 1993, I was excited to visit AT&T Shreveport Works for a demo and plant tour… and a pair of donated VideoPhone 2500 units which, at the time, felt like the magical long-promised future of telephony. A quarter-century later, I am still astounded that this capability is in everybody’s pocket and Facebook browser; back then…

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While passing through Reno in 1992 on a speaking tour, I paused to do a filming with a Japanese game show.  The premise here involved four Americans with wild lifestyle/invention ideas, and the challenge for the contestants in the studio was to figure out which one was real. The piece is hilarious…

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While schmoozing around the West Coast in search of development facilities, I was taking side trips for speaking gigs. From the text, it appears I was thinking that I was going to end up at the University of Washington… which would have been wonderful, but that didn’t happen. Ah, retrospect. Anyway, here I was visiting…

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Brief review of Nomadness #11 Frontier Report Volume 2, Number 5 November, 1992 Steve Roberts is back on the road with BEHEMOTH (Big Electronic Human Energized Machine – Only Too Heavy), his bicycle/computer work station/ GPS system/ham radio set — actually, I can’t quite describe it. Get a copy of Nomadness and see for yourself.…

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This was one of my favorite BEHEMOTH-era pieces, written by the insightful and prolific Daniel P. Dern . The photos were taken in North Carolina by Bob Ponzoni, and the magazine did a follow-up 6 years later. This was from the heyday of BEHEMOTH — not so much in bicycle-touring mode, but in its equally…

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This piece in El Mercurio (Santiago, Chile) appeared during the year between BEHEMOTH launch and the start of the Microship project. I am grateful to my friend Barbara Murtaugh for translating the text to English.   Pedaling 182 Kilograms of Technology by Hernán Valdés El Mercurio, Santiago edition September, 1992 Steve Roberts could participate in La Vuelta Ciclista de…

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An early look at the emerging technology of wireless data… Full article is readable in the image above (control-click to open in new tab if you wish to embiggen), and the closing paragraph about my adventure is extracted below. by John Schwartz Newsweek August 17, 1992 Ultimately, users will always need to temper their love…

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