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2 Responses to “Control Tank”

1. MS3FGX
   April 1st, 2011 @ 3:54 pm

   I'm usually not one for experiments in “physical computing” or any of that sort of thing, but I have to admit that is pretty impressive.

   I agree with sarsface too, a logical evolution of this concept would be to have a two way interaction, where the digital effects could cause a change in the physical device. Like two tanks that could fire digital cannons, and each hit from a “shell” would hinder your ability to control the tank, until it stops moving and the game is over.

   You could of course do the same basic thing with two toy tanks and IR, but this system would let you create weapons that would be too difficult (or outright impossible) to create in the real world; like mines, shots that bounce, homing shots, etc, etc.

   Of course, if you read the page, this system is nowhere near that capable or complicated. It just tracks a single IR LED attached to the top of the vehicle and projects the visual effects onto those X,Y coordinates. Still, it is an interesting proof of concept.

   P.S.
   Seriously…WTF is that noise?

2. jimmy
   August 5th, 2011 @ 10:42 am

   I don't know, why don't you tell us how these so-called wanna-be dictators were stupid enough to publish their grand scheme. Try again, Nancy spammer.