Man steers R/C car together with his hands, let alone an HTML5-based web app (video)

With an appropriate Arduino board, an R/C race car, a pair paperclips and the MacGyver spirit, we imagine most anyone can hack together a creative remote control nowadays… but what percentage can open-source an HTML5 web app that’ll do the deed from any tablet, phone or PC? Gaurav Manek crafted just this type of thing, and he’ll demonstrate it for you on an Apple iPad within the video immediately above. What’s more, he’s also got a Kinect hack that uses Microsoft depth camera (with Code Laboratories’ NUI SDK) to manage the exact same with the wave of a well-placed hand — we’re already envisioning fisticuffs should he and a lab partner try for some head-to-head racing action. That said, you don’t have to anticipate an illustrious creator to have all of the fun. Why not download his source code at our links below and provides it a go yourself?

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