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iPhone Hack Gives R/C Car Tilt-to-Turn Goodness
Posted by Kit Eaton at 9:19 PM on September 9, 2008
It took 10 months since we showed you the N95 R/C car hack, but now someone's done the inevitable thing and made an iPhone version. The DIY hack is pretty inventive: the iPhone's Wi-Fi link is used to send data to a PC, where some software sends serial data to an Arduino board which then adjusts the original R/C box for the toy car. Convoluted, but neat: the tilt-to-turn feature being priceless. There're some pretty good guidelines at the project page if you're in the mood for some DIY gadget fun, and I'd just like to point out that the iPhone has 3D accelerometers, which might be fun for aircraft... [Project via Hacknmod]
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Joseph
Posted 10:29 PM 9/9/08
Fanboy: Wow the iPhoen is awesome! What can't it do!?
Anti-Fan: Copy/paste?
Joseph
strider_mt2k
Posted 10:27 PM 9/9/08
Cool project!
strider_mt2k
mhlaxp
Posted 11:26 PM 9/9/08
Tell you what I'd like to see- stick a camera on the car and make it control like the BWM from Tomorrow Never Dies. And don't skimp on the pushy German lady's voice, either.
mhlaxp
craig_16
Posted 11:56 PM 9/9/08
Oooh, a Rebound 4x4! That certainly takes me back. I could have played with mine all day... if the battery didn't take 4 hours to charge for 20 minutes of fun.
craig_16
jhcovert
Posted 11:53 PM 9/9/08
Loving the tech, hating the music at 9:30am.
I feel like I'm in Belgium and have a huge hangover from the night before.
jhcovert
Purple Dave
Posted 3:37 AM 10/9/08
Steve Hassenplug did this with nothing but NXT Mindstorms gear. NXT tilt sensor, NXT control units speaking to each other via Bluetooth...
Purple Dave
winsucker
Posted 11:54 AM 10/9/08
Freaking music sux!
winsucker