Free ride data acquisition vehicle

Frida V. is a computer-enabled bicycle that allows riders to map open WIFI nodes in urban spaces. It carries a small computer, GPS device, 802.11 wireless network transciever and a basic audiovisual recording unit. The system enables automated mapping of stumbled wireless networks, easy creation of location-tagged media and opportunistic synchronization with a server resource on the internet.
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Luka Frelih is in residency in New York (at the Thing space, at 32 Avenue of the Americas (6th ave), cross Walker street) through January 9th. You can contact him (luka(AT)ljudmila.org) to ride his bicycle to locate WIFI hotspots and map/photograph/ whatever in your neighborhood.
Interview of the artist. Video of the bicycle.
Via post.thing.