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Now you can control slot cars with a smartphone

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 12:48pm

Try this on an iPhone: Here's a guy who's rigged up his Nexus One smartphone as an accelerator for slot cars. Using the accelerometer on board the phone, when he tilts the handset, the slot car accelerates. How'd he do this?

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Draw a line, Doodle-Cars follow it anywhere

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 10:18am

Doodle-Cars are like slot cars without the slot. They have "patented optical sensors "underneath, letting them follow any dark line. You can draw that track yourself, or you can create tracks on the company's website and then print them. One...

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Race in a Case with two tiny crank-controlled slot cars

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 8:37am

Open this Race in a Case and inside is an entire Formula One racetrack, ready for racing with no setup required. The faster you crank your hand controller, the quicker your car zips around the track, with no electricity required....

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