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Fitness Racer: PC Control of an RC Car

Posted by michael on from the dance-dance-speed-racer dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This project gives step-by-step instructions + source for connecting a cheap RC car to your parallel port and driving it around with a Dance Dance Revolution pad (or joystick). A fun way to make an old toy fun for another few hours, and another way to pretend that reading Slashdot may eventually lead to body movement."

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  1. Re:or a joystick? by Lumpy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    no the retarted part is using a computer to do it.

    you are using the DDR pad's switches to tell the computer to trigger the RC car's remotes... SWITCHES!..

    Ooh boy. using a $1000.00 pc to translate switch closures to switch closures.

    whoopdie. I can do the same thing with $6.00 worth of wire,connectors, and bits.

    what's next on slashdot how to use a cray supercomputer to turn on a monitor?

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    Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
  2. Bigger Penis is Better betsy by t0qer · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I just randomly grabbed a subject from one of my spams figuring that it would be a good way to get attention to this comment.

    I think this article is interesting not for geek reasons, but because it represents a thumb your nose to the slashvertisement we saw yesterday on the VIA-based Mobile Robot Design For Download. Even my own comment pointed out how you could basically build your own for for just the cost of few electronics.

    Cool, slashdot is starting to tell their advertisers Kiss my ass! Way to go guys! Very admirable.