Remember that smart German iPhone-controlled car that used cameras, GPS, and lasers to perfectly run through the streets of Berlin? Well, screw German efficient engineering. That’s not how we do things in America.
Here we modify battered, crappy cars—like this 1988 Oldsmobile Delta—in just four weeks using “a few motors, potentiometers, a Compact RIO embedded controller, and LabVIEW,” which get connected to the iPhone using Wi-Fi. And then we strip out the doors for fun. And we ride it on top of its roof. Hopefully to an In-n-Out drive-in. Would you like to do it yourself? Your lucky day, Mad Max. Here’s a video tutorial:
And if that wasn’t enough, you can also drive it using a modded Power Wheels truck. America, I salute you. [Engineer Awesome via LikeCool]
