Doug OsborneJun. 24, 2010 4:39 pmAndroid project allows slot cars to be controlled via phone

Old school entertainment – meet the new school. Back in the day, kids (like yours truly) didn’t have super sweet gaming consoles and smartphones like we have today. So one method of entertainment for children?back then was to race electric slot cars – most of the time launching them across the room with the trigger-style accelerator.?Now here it is 2010 and?imaginative?people like Grant Skinner are thinking of high tech DIY projects to control simple electric toys, breathing new life into old fun.

AIR for Android Wireless Slot Car Gas Pedal from Grant Skinner on Vimeo.

Skinner took Adobe’s AIR Software and built a desktop application and an Android interface that detects the tilt of his smartphone. He interfaced the application on his MacBook Pro using a USB cord that fed into a Phidgets Motor Controller, which then linked to slot car race track. So when Grant tilts the Android phone forwards it links with the MacBook Pro and causes the slot car to move forward. The farther he tilts the phone, the faster the car moves – kind of like a gas pedal on a car.

So thanks to a smartphone and some ingenuity, this goes to show that once again, another old toy has raced its way into being new again.

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老學校的娛樂# 8211；適應新學校。早在一天，孩子們（像你這樣）并# 8217；沒有超甜的游戲機和智能手機像我們今天。那么一個孩子的娛樂方式？那時的比賽電車槽與# 8211；大部分時間發射穿過房間用觸發式加速器。？現在這里是2010和？想象？人們喜歡給斯金納想控制簡單的電動玩具高科技DIY項目，為樂趣，呼吸新生活。

空氣Android無線插槽汽車油門踏板從Grant Skinner在Vimeo。

斯金納把Adobe和# 8217；空氣軟件和建立一個桌面應用程序和一個Android的界面，發現他的智能手機傾斜。他接口應用在他的MacBook Pro使用的USB線，送入Phidgets微型電機控制器，然后與插槽汽車賽道。所以當給予傾斜的Android手機將它與MacBook Pro使槽車前進。更遠的他傾斜手機，更快的移動的汽車和# 8211；像汽車的油門踏板。

由于智能手機和一些創造力，這說明了又一次，一個舊玩具就已經進入了新的意義。