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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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