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Using Your Cellphone To Control RC Cars

Posted by Hemos on from the have-to-break-off-this-call-to-drive-my-car dept.

rocannon writes "Cellular-news reports that NEC has announced a technical cooperation with the Japanese toy manufacturer, Konami to enable its range of MICROiR toys cars to be controlled from the DoCoMo N504iS handset or the J-N51 handset sold by J-Phone. More details on Cellular News."

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  1. I can see it now by Perdition · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Honey, I have to hang up now, my Celica is stuck in a draingrate..."

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  2. Not News by rob_canoe · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is not news, James Bond was doing this years ago.

  3. Another Driving Distraction by rodney+dill · · Score: 4, Funny

    People have enough trouble just talking on their cell phones when driving. Now they'll drive their RC car off the dashboard before plowing into to rear of a semi with their real car.

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    1. Re:Another Driving Distraction by LewisH · · Score: 2, Funny

      I agree!!! I'm sick of seeing freakin' blondes swerving all over the freeway talking on the cell phone and drinking their coffee!! So adding a little car for them to play with on the dash may not be the best idea guys. It's becoming quite obvious the technicians at these companies are just bored... I mean which genius woke up one morning with a hotwheels car in one hand and his cell phone in the other and said "today I will make this control this to cause more wrecks on the freeway!" I mean if we all had sudden sparks or ispiration like that the world would be such a better place...

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  4. Plan by the+uNF+cola · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. Place rc car movable plastic cup of water on shelf over brothers bed.
    2. Place rc car on shelf.
    3. Leave early.
    4. Drive car into water.
    5. Hilarity ensues :)

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  5. P.S.: by Botchka · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am posting this from my cellphone whilst cruising down the interstate at 85.4 miles per hour. Weehawww........

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  6. The Code! by Tranvisor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start makes your RC car have 30 lives ;)

    1. Re:The Code! by fastrpussycatkilkil! · · Score: 2, Funny

      As far as I remember, the correct sequence is Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A, Start

  7. Re:what is it with... by grungeman · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Japanese really use the fact that their country is an island (actually many islands) as an excuse for almost everything.

    Not many foreigners in Japan -> because Japan is an island
    People eat a lot of fish -> Japan is an island, you know
    Cannot speak foreign languages -> Must be because Japan is an island

    We really had a lot of fun in Japan, hearing this "shimaguni dakara" (because it's an island country) all over the place.

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  8. A better idea by grungeman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Allow people to control a real car with their mobilephone. This way they wouldn't need to keep one hand on the steering wheel when using their phone during driving.

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  9. Oh jeez by Faust7 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I already hate people that bring their cells into theaters and classes and such. Now I might also have to deal with little toy cars running about? Are cell companies trying to get their customers shot?

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  10. Re:I dont know whats worse by Poeir · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would like to see a simple/standard way of connecting digital cameras to mobiles as that would, at least allow for some kind of half decent image quality.

    What are you suggesting, some kind of "Universal Serial Bus?"

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