Apr 282012
If you are getting a bit tired of driving your car manually this hack might be for you. 
The guys from Waterloo Labs built this car that can be driven around using an iPhone. They are using a CompactRIO controller as the brains of the system which might be considered overkill and does come with a hefty price tag of almost two grand!
Thanks to Jody for sending this one in.
”We built our control systems using a few motors, potentiometers, a Compact RIO embedded controller, and LabVIEW. We then set up wi-fi communication so we can drive the car from an iPhone as well as from a modified Power Wheels truck.”
[via: http://hackedgadgets.com/]