Ways to Innovate: The iPhone Controlled Racecar
by: Taly Weiss September 14, 2008
The iPhone brings us a new wave of innovators by enabling users to apply its various applications to any desired aspect of their lives. An excellent example of how the iPhone breeds a generation of mobile manipulators: Racecar controls. This clever control system was created by Josef Průša and his brother, from the Czech Republic: “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, it unlocks the accelerometer control in the same way as in many driving games available on AppStore.Realization of this project did not take a long time, only one afternoon…Technically it is realized in a hell-bent way, but obviously it’s functional. Schematically: iPhone (OSCemote) → WiFi → PC → Max/Msp → Serial port → Arduino → Original controller.”One innovation always brings on another. The iPhone is an excellent tool for inspiring creativity and the innovations that are close to our hearts-and touchscreens.
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