I want a Quad Core Chopper

By Bill Pearson (Intel) (33 posts) on April 5, 2007 at 9:00 am

Like a lot of people, I like looking at a nice motorcycle.  Everytime I see an ultra cool bike, I imagine myself riding down the highway in my leather jacket, boots, and sunglasses.  Then I get pulled back to reality.  A friend of mine once gave me a ride on the back of his bike.  It was thrilling and terrifying at the same time.  It was my one and only experience with a motorcycle. 

Quad Core Chopper

This bike is not only cool, but it appeals to my geek side as well. 

I read about this on eweek.  It's a chopper made by Orange County Choppers.  There's an onboard embedded Core Duo processor for the kickstand, rearview camera, tachometer, and spedometer.  A motorcycle with a rearview camera - who would have thought? 

Engadget mentions that they're surprised that anyone at Intel even watches a TV show about motorcycle building.  They shouldn't be.  Like other technologists and engineers, people at Intel are always looking for new cool places to use technology. 

The thing that I've been wondering about is what software is used to power the bike.  What features can you use while driving?  How do you access them?  Through voice commands, simple knobs and switches?  What happens if the PC crashes while you're driving? 

What other examples of different, innovative software applications have you seen? 

Oh yeah, and when they make a Quad Core chopper, I wouldn't mind taking another ride.

Categories: Intel® Software Network 2.0, Parallel Programming

Comments (8)

April 5, 2007 11:04 AM PDT

Josh Bancroft (Intel)
Total Points:
3,492
Status Points:
2,992
Brown Belt
 I have the perfect solution for you, Bill. OCC is letting you build and have your own copy of the Quad Core Chopper in Second Life:

http://millionsofus.com/blog/archives/196

Yours for the low low (really) low price of L$1. :-)

We should get some for the whole team, and then we could be a motorcycle gang in SL. Geek pride, represent! ;-)
April 5, 2007 11:26 AM PDT

Bill Pearson (Intel)
Total Points:
820
Status Points:
320
Brown Belt
 Great idea Josh. I'll go buy one tonight.
May 2, 2007 2:43 PM PDT


Adrian Offerman		 Bill, it already is a quad-core chopper, featuring a _double_ V-twin engine...
May 2, 2007 2:46 PM PDT

Bill Pearson (Intel)
Total Points:
820
Status Points:
320
Brown Belt
 Adrian, now if I could only figure out how to get one...
May 20, 2007 1:39 AM PDT


Adrian Offerman		 Bill, even better: how about a six-core? You'll be ahead of the crowd. Not even available in SL! This guy overhere builds custom choppers around V6 engines:
http://www.peetshdservice.nl/

Now you tell me: where can I get an 80-core chopper? ;-)
May 21, 2007 10:50 PM PDT

Bill Pearson (Intel)
Total Points:
820
Status Points:
320
Brown Belt
 It just keeps getting better! Adrian introduced me to choppers with V6 engines, and they brought the QC chopper into the building where I work. I need to get my picture taken with the bike. Do you think they'd take me for a ride?
May 8, 2008 6:18 PM PDT


bill gates		 It's a good-looking bike in real life

BUT IT HAS A CRAPPY SECOND LIFE SCRIPT.

Sorry OCC.
December 3, 2008 7:41 AM PST


JOHN P. GUCKEL		 I DON'T BELIEVE IT! I WAS BORN, AND RAISED, ABOUT 35 MINUTES FROM OCC. WHERE WERE THESE GUYS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. I WAS RAISED IN MONROE, NEW YORK. AT THE TIME, THE BEST EMPLOYER, IN THE "NEIGHBORHOOD" WAS IBM IN KINGSTON, NEW YORK. COMPUTERS TOOK UP BUILDINGS AND HAD MORE HVAC TO KEEP THEM COOL THAN COMPUTER ITSELF. MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHIN TO DO WITH ALL THOSE 12AX7A VACCUME TUBES! MEMORY WAS FERRITE BEADS THAT HAD WIRES THREADED THROUGH THEM FOR REAN/WRITE/INHIBIT CYCLES. AS THEY SAID WITH VIRGINIA SLIMS, "YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY"!

BACK THEN IT TOOK YEARS TO INOVATE ..... NOW IT ALMOST TAKES DAYS. AH! THE GOOD OLD DAYS; WHEN THE WORST THING YOU COULD DO WAS GET CAUGHT UNDERAGE DRINKING. THEN THE COPS WOULD TAKE YOU HOME TO YOUR PARENTS. NO MORE!

OH YEAH, WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS? IT'S ALZHEIMERS ..... THE LONG GOODBY. NOW JUST WHERE DID I PARK MY H-D 1200 CUSTOM SPORTSTER SPORT. ALL TRICKED OUT WITH DYNAJET, SCREAM'N EAGLE AND CAMS W/ PERFORMANCE PROM. I BET IF I HAD ONE OF THESE "NEW FANGLED CHOPPERS" I WOULD BREAK MY OWN RECORD FOR GETTING A SPEEDING TICKET ON A BIKE. 104 MPH THROUGH HEARTLAND, WISCONSIN.

ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A POSTER OF THIS "BAD BOY"?

Trackbacks (4)


Leave a comment  

To obtain technical support, please go to Software Support.
Name (required)*

Email (required; will not be displayed on this page)*

Your URL (optional)


Comment*