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tomjen2
I want to say a lot of things but right now, all I can say is supercool.
dredge
This reminds me of a YouTube video I saw a while back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLoANg6nNY

I assume it's fake though... if only because that's my default position on these things!

Timothee
Cool video. I can't tell if it's fake or not… On one hand, I don't see how they would risk a Formula 1 car with that kind of stunt.

On the other hand, well… there isn't anybody in it! (and it's probably not a big deal to develop for a Formula One engineering team)

anguslong
Here in Austin, TX -- anything is possible. Keen engineering, Waterloo Labs!
RK
LabView was used by city ordinance.
bmalicoat
That is really neat. Seems they didn't have the brakes set to fail-safe though. "BRAKES!"
tkahn6
It says on their site that they use UDP for sending/receiving steering and breaking commands (among other things).

I would assume they have some major redundancy on each command. Would it not be smarter to use TCP to control a car?

chrischen
I would think UDP would be better, since they are not concerned with perfect data integrity, just as long as the data gets there before they hit something.
roc
... a horrible car remote?
roc
A Dr Horrible joke falls on deaf ears in a geek forum?

/sigh

arohner
That'll teach me to scoff at Bond. The first thing I thought of was Bond driving his car in Tomorrow Never Dies (10ish years ago), with a device that looks suspiciously like an iPhone.
GrandMasterBirt
Yea back that it all looked so futuristic. All we really need is a gyrosensor and some processing power. The iPhone app aint anything amazingly special, its the hardware they built that is :P Wait, no its not.