Geek Out

It’s Tricky To Rock… An R/C Car?

Oh, legendary rappers and their follies. If it isn’t guns, bitches and bling, it’s cars – though DMC of Run DMC fame has taken a decidedly more minuscule approach to his car obsession. Drive this way?


June 1, 2011
Geek Out

Light Painting With An R/C Helicopter

You can’t go wrong when you mix long exposure photography with a moving object. It’s even better when you have control over that moving object and use it to do some light painting.


April 19, 2011
Science

Power This Little RC Car With Soft Drink Can Tabs

The car manufacturers have it wrong – we don’t need hybrids or electric cars. We need cars that run on discarded junk food containers – like the DAlH2Orean remote-controlled car! Two Spanish engineers from the Polytechnic Institute of Catalonia figured out a way to power the little car with soda can tabs.


March 11, 2011
Gadgets

This Motorised Skateboard Cruises For Miles Off-Road

Normal skateboards are fine and all, but don’t you ever get sick of pavement? It’s a little limiting, no? Fiik makes skateboards that cruise wherever you want, using an 800-watt motor and chunky, off-road tyres. And that motor’s controlled by remote – you steer yourself like you would an RC car.


February 22, 2011
Gadgets

Playing Chicken With Wind Turbines

What’s the point of owning an RC aeroplane if you’re not going to do something totally irresponsible with it? Like, say, playing chicken with a few wind turbines, coming so close that you clip your antenna in the process.


February 1, 2011
Gadgets

Watch An RC Tricopter Blow Up Balloons With Fireworks

Yeah, that pretty much sounds like crazy geek YouTube video MadLibs, but in this case it’s actually what you get. Fireworks might not be the most accurate missiles, but they’re definitely the most fun ones. Especially with heliumhydrogen-filled targets involved.


January 21, 2011
Science

Presenting The Remote-Controlled Super Doggie

Dogs are smart – they deftly navigate obstacles and help us locate contraband like weapons and drugs – but they’re easily distracted. This new GPS- and radio-equipped harness allows computers to keep trained pups on task remotely with sounds and vibrations.


January 11, 2011
Gadgets

The Remote-Controlled Butler That Takes Names, Dispenses Ketchup

Whirling muscle arms? Check. High-powered squirting mechanism? Check. Pinpoint accuracy? Irrelevant. If you’re going to invite the Automato into your home, you need to let it do what it does best: dispense ketchup in the most badass way possible.


December 24, 2010
Geek Out

Skim Your Way Over A Winter Wonderland

Blacksheep, the RC stunt devils behind the recent crazy aerial tour of New York City , are back with new footage of a distinctly more rural locale. Distinctly more snowy, too. Keep an eye out for the freaked out sheep!


December 11, 2010

Sphero, The Open Source Remote Control Ball For Your Smartphone

Sphero is a rubber ball, but because today’s kids are too lazy to actually throw, bounce, play with or even pick up a physical ball, it’s been updated with full smartphone friendly remote-control movement.