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Hack: Control an R/C Car With Your iPhone
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A couple of young Czech whippersnappers have figured out how to use the iPhone’s accelerometer to control remote controlled cars. They say, “Controlling is very easy with the iPhone 3G. It has five buttons, four of them you can use for traditional driving and when you press the last one,… |
September 8th, 2008
Car Hood Airbags Protect Pedestrians From Bad Drivers
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When I think of airbags, I picture them inside the car. But what if we equipped cars with outer… airbags to protect pedestrians? That’s exactly what Toyoda Gosei (an offshoot of Toyota) has done with these prototypes: they’ve equipped cars with camera and radar sensors to detect pedestrians and (presumably) |
June 6th, 2008
Gta Iv Available Now at Target (Not)
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Somebody at Target seems to have jumped the gun just a little bit. Apparently, they’ve hung this banner in the electronics department of one of their Orlando, Florida locations stating that Grand Theft Auto IV… is available now. While we’d all love for this to be true, the eagerly-anticipated game |
March 16th, 2008
Pgr4 Intro Video Looks Amazing: Get Ready to Race!
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The gang over at Gamersyde shot this video showing off the beginning of Project Gotham Racing 4 for the Xbox 360. |
September 2nd, 2007
Xbox 360 Racing Wheel: New Model Coming?
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I was digging through the FCC archives this weekend and came across something interesting. It looks like the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel is getting some sort of an update. A recent filing by Microsoft reveals a new model number “WRW02″ for the racing controller (the original version was model… |
July 29th, 2007
Project Gotham Racing 4 to have Motorcycles?
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The box art for the upcoming Xbox 360 racing game Project Gotham Racing 4 was revealed today. Unless my eyes are deceiving me, that’s a reflection of a motorcycle in the candy apple red finish of the car’s fender. Now we already know the game is going to feature some… |
July 3rd, 2007
Xbox 360 Racing Taken to the Next Level
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Some serious racing fanatic has gone above and beyond by putting together this insane Xbox 360 racing rig. He’s got the living room all decked out with a real racing chair, a force feedback wheel, and an amazing 3-screen panoramic display. I can’t really figure out how he managed to… |
May 26th, 2007
