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		<title>Freewheeler Speaker Looks Like a Tire, Priced Like a Car</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nope, this isn&#8217;t some crazy whitewall tire for your car. It&#8217;s actually a high-end wireless outdoor speaker which can be rolled around anywhere you want.

Designed by Ron Arad and Frances Pellisari for Austria&#8217;s Viteo, the Freewheeler produces high quality stereo sound indoors or out. The speaker measures in at&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope, this isn&#8217;t some crazy whitewall tire for your car. It&#8217;s actually a high-end wireless outdoor speaker which can be rolled around anywhere you want.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-3456 aligncenter" title="freewheeler_speaker" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/freewheeler_speaker.jpg" alt="freewheeler speaker" width="520" height="494" /></p>
<p>Designed by Ron Arad and Frances Pellisari for Austria&#8217;s <a href="http://viteo.at/">Viteo</a>, the Freewheeler produces high quality stereo sound indoors or out. The speaker measures in at about 22.8&#8243; tall x 9.8&#8243; wide, making it just about the same diameter as the tires on a <a href="http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=upcomingMX5Miata&amp;bhcp=1">Mazda MX-5 Miata</a> (and about 2x as thick).</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-3457 aligncenter" title="freewheeler_speaker_arad" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/freewheeler_speaker_arad.jpg" alt="freewheeler speaker arad" width="520" height="414" /></p>
<p>Just roll the Freewheeler around your house, and it&#8217;ll play your tunes remotely. Simply plug your audio source into the included transmitter, and a built-in FM receiver and rechargeable battery pack lets you wheel the mobile sound system up to 656 feet (200m) away from the base station.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-3458 aligncenter" title="freewheeler_2" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/freewheeler_2.jpg" alt="freewheeler 2" width="520" height="429" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">A pair of coaxial speakers mounted inside the lacquered wood enclosure provide true stereo sound. Frequency response is 52 &#8211; 21,000 Hz, with a maximum output SPL of 112 dB. A single charge of the battery should give you about 8 hours of play time.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">It all sounds really cool, no? Well here comes the bad part&#8230; The Freewheeler must be created solely for the uber wealthy. I&#8217;m hoping this price is a typo, but according to retailer <a href="http://www.madeindesign.co.uk/prod-Freewheeler-Wireless-Outdoor-speaker-Viteo-reffree.html">MadeInDesign</a>, the speaker sells for over $21,000 (USD), making it just about as expensive as that Miata I mentioned earlier, complete with four tires and a spare.</p>
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