Category Archives: rc

Linksys WRT54GL turned RC monster truck

Posted on September 19, 2008 by John Brownlee

Jonathan Bennett is calling this $5 dollar RC car — a Linksys WRT54GL and a Panasonic Bl-C1A network camera soldered to its guts — a “WiFi Robot.” I call it the only RC car I have ever wanted: it can … Continue reading →

Remote Control Star Trek Enterprise: To Boldly Go… Until The Battery Runs Out

Posted on August 25, 2008 by John Brownlee

Captain’s log, $tardate 79.99. Our position, unknown. Sucked through some kind of… rift… the Enterprise finds itself drifting in unknown space, shrunk down like cosmic Liliputians, hounded by monstrous, troglodytic Brobdingnagians, leaping up and down and batting their sticky hands … Continue reading →

The world’s tiniest RC helicopters

Posted on July 3, 2008 by John Brownlee

At just 4.5 inches long, the Liliputian-sized MX1 chopper is the world’s smallest remote controlled R/C helicopter. I imagine a hiveswarm of dragonfly-like whirlybirds to harass and confuse my enemies, or the moment — months from now — when I … Continue reading →

Gary Kasparov and the flying RC penis

Posted on May 20, 2008 by John Brownlee

International chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov was attacked by a flying penis helicopter during a recent speech in Russia. Alert security dealt with the situation by deftly swatting the cock out of the air long before it could infiltrate Kasparov’s oral … Continue reading →

RC car plays Super Mario theme on beer bottles

Posted on April 17, 2008 by John Brownlee