January 6th, 2006
Steer a Ferrari Enzo Remote Control Car With Your Cell Phone
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Part of the magic of CES is seeing a bunch of wacky stuff ,as well as the more important products and technologies. Case in point: a remote control car that uses a Motorola cell phone as the remote. Now you can deplete your cell phone batttery and crash a Ferrari, all from the comfort of your couch. Uh…that’s progress, right?
It’s actually a collaboration between Motorola, Nikko and Freescale and is based on the Freescale Semiconductor wireless Personal Area Network (PAN) technology, which uses the IEEE(R) 802.15.4 standard. The phone does simulate the car’s movement, however, and vibrates when you start it up and turn the wheel. And the Push-To-Talk (PTT) button serves as a “turbo boost” for a sudden burst of speed. Wheeeeeeeeeee! The car is compatible with the Motorola iDen i265, i275, i560, i730, i760, i830, i850, i860, and i870 phones and runs on 4 AA batteries. Source: Gizmodo
We say: Sounds fun but we’ll take the Covervette-Shaped PC any day of the week instead!
Georgef says:
If the car had a camera then you would not have to be anywhere near the car to operate it. I wonder if you could pilot a model plane across the country. I wonder if Al Queada has thought of this. Cell phone detonated bombs already exist, why not a flying cell phone bomb?
January 6th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
Alice says:
Wow - scary thought, and even worse, I am sure someone is already working on one. Sigh…
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