This iPad-controlled remote-controlled car provides fun for hours--but perhaps not for your kitty.

[Photo: Randy Sarafan] If you ever bought yourself or your kids a remote-control car, you’ll know how quickly people get bored of them, leaving the toy tossed to one side. However, if you were looking ...

His write-up features plenty of videos demonstrating each single component, and of course, him controlling the car — which you will also find after the break.

A 16-year-old, for example, has created a self-driving toy car that’s powered by an Arduino Nano as part of a project that also includes cheap parts like IR sensors and modules created with a 3D ...

To some of us, hacking an RC Car to simply follow a black line or avoid obstacles is too easy, and we’re sure [Shazin] would agree with that, since he created an RC Car that follows your face ...

A perl script running on the iPhone will then send the command to the Arduino. When it receives the start command, the Arduino will ground the wire to the remote start and fire up the car.

Which wirelessly communicates with the modified RC car using an XBee module. Check out the video below to learn more about the Arduino car simulator and its construction. Watch this video on YouTube.

If you are interested in building your very own open source long-range remote control transmitter for your next project. You might be interested in a new ...