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Russian Hackers Mod a Dilapidated Opel to Drive by iPad
- huhtenberg 14y agoCar firmware that controls all the servos, the camera and interfaces with the iPad over the WiFi is done in ... drumroll ... node.js. [1] http://www.g0l.ru/blog/n3688/ http://www.g0l.ru/blog/n3688/
- fus 14y agoWorks fine, except when on an unexpected collision course with a child and a garbage collector (or JIT) kicked in.
- IheartApplesDix 14y agoI love how HN loves node.js and hates Perl for pretty much the same reasons.
- martinced 14y agoWay to go Wired: the video refuses to play on a stock Chromium browser (no Flash). Geez: is is that hard to serve videos in a HTML5 format recognized by a Flash-less Chrome browser? I mean: many websites seems to be doing it perfectly fine... (btw I didn't pay attention before clicking: when I see Wired, CNN or Fox, for example, I'm never opening these links : )
- hcarvalhoalves 14y ago> Geez: is is that hard to serve videos in a HTML5 format recognized by a Flash-less Chrome browser? Yes, it's hard. HTML5 standardized nothing but the tag. Each browser chose to support a different codec. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video#Browser_support http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video#Browser_support
- derwiki 14y agoSame thing done 3 years ago with an iPhone and some Waterloo/UT students: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x5IziyOcAg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x5IziyOcAg
- komrade 14y agoSo theoretically you can install something like that on a helicopter and control it over the wireless.
- cyann 14y agoOr practically get a Parrot AR.Drone [1], unless you already have the helicopter. [1] http://ardrone2.parrot.com/ar-drone-2/arfreeflight-20/ http://ardrone2.parrot.com/ar-drone-2/arfreeflight-20/
- g8oz 14y agoHow long before mods like this show up on remotely driven car bombs in war zones like Syria?
- orangethirty 14y agoI shall be impressed when it can go and get me a pizza. :)
- malkia 14y agoIn Soviet Russia iPad Drives You!