Just the other day, I was wondering what Steve Roberts might be up to these days. As you may recall, Roberts is the “high-tech nomad,” creator of the Behemoth, the tricked out, gadget-laden bike and trailer that used to show up at tech shows back in the day (we’re talking late ’80s/early ’90s). Roberts called the project a “no-holds-barred extravaganza of geek expressionism.” And an extravaganza it was, all 580 lbs of it — that’s how much weight was involved in hauling around the cellphones, laptops, and radio gear of the time.
Things are obviously far more portable these days, but getting together a full spectrum mobile system with phone, radios, GPS, computer, Bluetooth, WiFi, and other communications and data collection tools can still be unwieldy. So Steve’s latest project is the Shacktopus, a sort of deep geek Bond-ian suitcase, a grab n’ go mobile communications center filled with everything you could possibly imagine needing on the well-wired roadtrip. He’s started a new website and blog to document his efforts and is hoping to turn the results into actual product. [Via hack-a-day]