Wacky USB remote-controlled car provides minutes of fun
Around our office, we're always passing small files between the multiple workstations via USB flash drives. Chinese toymaker Marsilli has come up with a fun way for us to amuse ourselves as we pass files back and forth. Their 512MB flash drive that doubles as an RC car comes with its own race track, though the first thing we'd try is zooming these little buggers around from room to room. They're controllable with your cellphone, though we're not sure if it's via Bluetooth or some other scheme. The USB port jutting out the back of the New Beetle is also just about the correct scale to match some of the inane drainage-pipe exhausts we've seen on clapped out rides around town, too. It's too bad we don't have an office pet, as we bet these zoomy little cars would do great on smooth surfaces and drive cats and dogs absolutely bonkers. We know we'd giggle like schoolgirls for a good half hour, maybe more. We're not sure where to find these in the US just yet, but we haven't looked terribly hard, either. We've been avoiding actually finding them because they're just what we need, more excuses to be unproductive while we hold out for that dream job of GranTurismo beta tester.
[Source: engadget.com]
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nawruz 9:50PM (1/23/2007)
here in malaysia, we've got this:
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/bit_char_g_radio_controlled_micro_car_review
i noted that Sony Ericsson phones had a Bluetooth remote controlled car as well as part of the accessory package.
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Cn.Engadget 12:27PM (1/25/2007)
I like this very much!
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