Formula 1 car controlled by a phone!

[Haissam]

don't think this was posted here before :)

damn that Phone really works! :bow:

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we have a previous thread on controlling a concept car through iPhone http://bmwclubuae.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1632

[M_Powerholic]

NO WAY !!!!! :wow:

[SSense]

thats awesome !!

[Haissam]

damn just reading about this right now:

1) that's not an iPhone, it's a Blackberry Storm :dunno:
2) some people saying this is fake :dunno:

let's see what i can find out :)

[ahmad.alkhalil]

Thats CRAZY!!! I want the iphone now... provided it comes with the F1! :rofl:

I was about to say that it looked like the Storm at the beginning... weird!

[RAFiK]

What the !!!! Is this for real ???? ..

If it is !! . then race drivers are out of jobs and little video games addicted kids will be billionaires !! haha

[Haissam]

it turned out to be a vodaphone ad, this is a blackberry storm, and it's most probably fake!

[RAFiK]

oh ... but I dont think its impossible ... if you think of it ...

[Haissam]

i think it would easier to find a dwarf & teach him how to drive an F1 car than doing the whole job! or even you can "video edit" the driver out.....

it is possible, i have no doubt about that, but is it worth it, just for an ad?

they said it's controlled by bluetooth, but normally bluetooth covers only 10's of meters and not 100-200m as it shows here.. so that's suspicious..

also if you think about it, McLaren wouldn't wanna design & create analog input/output interface for speed, brakes, gears, steering etc, then transfer them through bluetooth into a phone, which requires hundreds of lines of software.. then all this system (not reliable IMO) shall control a car worth tens of millions!

all this for an ad?

if they really did it, then we know why they suck at F1 this year :rofl: busy with RC cars :rofl:

[akanso]

:omg2:, no way man, it is impossible :nono:

[Nabil]

if they really did it, then we know why they suck at F1 this year :rofl: busy with RC cars :rofl:

:laughhard:

[petrolhead]

...they said it's controlled by bluetooth, but normally bluetooth covers only 10's of meters and not 100-200m as it shows here.. so that's suspicious...

Bluetooth can reach up to 100m depending on the type used, there are different types, some are very short range under 5m (which are used for security system), there are the 10m ones (which is used in mobile phones and similar devices) and then there is the long range version, which are typically used in open spaces


But this does look like a fake... not really worthwhile to do it via BT, but nice idea... Although I don't like McLaren and especially Hamilton