>> RASPBERRY CAR HACK

It is so great when work can be this much fun (and get paid for it).

Raspberry Pi's have been used for a number of cool little hacks - Eric Svensson from the Evothings development team wrote up a blog post showing how he was able to control a toy car using some JavaScript, node.js, socket.io and dissecting the original controller and connecting it to the GPIO's of the Raspberry Pi.

It surely isn't the first time someone has connected a Raspberry Pi to a radio controlled car (references: 1, 2, 3 and more) but physically seeing one and being able to play with it is so much more appealing and definitely makes coming to work so much more fun.

Althought a simple hack, the next step would be to integrate a small arduino type device (such as RedBearLab's Blend Micro) and build a mobile client to control the car over low energy Bluetooth and then have a series of car racing competitions in the office.