Surfing The Net, Surf The Waves

I enjoy going to the beach often, especially with the summer heat here. and now there’s something out there that could make my beach experience a little more interesting. Surf the Internet and surf the waves with this neat board. Talk about redefining the word surfing.

Intel, the computer chip maker, developed the world’s first and one-of-a-kind (for now) wi-fi surfboard that houses a laptop, solar panels and video camera. The surfboard appeared recently at this year’s California State Fair, and made its debut at an ocean festival in England last year.

The surfboard is equipped with a tablet laptop, 1.7 gigahertz processor, an 80 gigabyte hard drive and a wireless chip. The chip talks to a high-speed wireless connection (hotspot) on the beach, and there you have your Internet access. It is powered with its built-in solar panels and everything is strategically placed on the on board to ensure the technology didn’t interfere with the ride and feel of the board.

Hopefully they’ll start mass-producing these soon, and we can all enjoy surfing the web while surfing in the water.