Toys for Big Boys: iPhone Remote Controls Honda Civic, Blackberry Remote Controls F1 Car
October 19th, 2009
Man, these are smartphones indeed. The wise – and probably bored – folks at the University of Berlin made a one-of-a-kind iPhone app which they called iDriver, which allows them to control a Honda Civic via Wi-Fi. But it’s not like our German friends just coded the app and then began playing real-life Hot Wheels; the car – which has been nicknamed “Spirit of Berlin”- was modified and fitted with a ton of electronic equipment as well.
Here’s iDriver and Spirit of Berlin in action:
Praise Apple and the iPhone! Well, not really. Upon reading about iDriver at 8bitfix, commenter Solidsnake72 took time off from sneaking about and shared the video below. It starts small, but an insane turn of events comes about 2 minutes into the clip:
Blackberry FTW! Although RIM’s smartphone loses points for using Bluetooth, which of course has a limited range, I think we can all agree that controlling a real F1 car is infinitely more fun than controlling a station wagon, even if said station wagon has lasers onboard.
Update: as nobbi points out in the comments, the Blackberry video is (almost) certainly a viral marketing stunt. Can anyone confirm this? At least no kids on balloons were involved. And thanks to gusto for the tip!
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I bet the Palm Pre has a video where it controls a Ford Pinto.
Judging from the Pre’s mindboggling commercials,, it’s more likely that the Ford Pinto would control the Pre.
well, the F1 thing clearly is a vodafone viral marketing stunt
Yeah I kind of guessed that too, but it’s still cool though.:D did Vodafone admit to this? Must investigate!
Not a real-sized car (yet), but Joker Racer is beta testing remote mini car driving over the internet. You might be interested in.
http://www.jokerracer.com/
That’s kinda cool. I guess I’ll have to wait a while for the full-sized cars!
that looks like it could get crazy….
Yeah I kind of guessed that too
Wow! A sharp mind with lots of time to spare can really do wonders huh!