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Posted by Kevin Schram on November 21st 2009 | No Responses

Wheelchair control unit manufacture Dynamic Controls is planning to release an iPhone app that allows wheelchair users to control their wheelchair through the iPhone. The app would display various data like speed and compass headings.

iPhone Wheelchair App detail

Having chatted at some length to my writers here on TFTS about what is and what isn’t prime material for content here on the site – netbooks, phones, you get the picture – I’m now going to set an especially poor example by posting about this Takara Tommy Hover Q …

takara-tommy-hover-q-mini-rc-hovercraft
Posted by Andrew Tingle on December 3rd 2008 | No Responses

Way back when we were barely established (and we are now, right?) we not only featured the Picco Z but we actually gave them away, but what if you’re looking for a micro remote controlled ariel vehicle that has a somewhat out of this world flavour? This QFO micro remote …

Posted by Andrew Tingle on November 2nd 2008 | No Responses

If you’re looking for a remote controlled car that’s sure to light the way in any darkened room, this curious and highly whimsical concept remote controlled car designed by Slamjam, and known as the Sparkler, will undoubtedly excel with its multitude of mounted LED torches that are certain to bath …

Posted by Bo on September 12th 2008 | No Responses

We’ve all heard the saying, “Driving me up the wall!” which is something your sibling or boss can do to you … but now you can literally drive up the wall by yourself! That’s right … The Air Hog Zero Gravity R/C defies all that we know from our good …

Following on from the previously featured Picoo Z Micro RC Helicopter and the recently featured Top Gun F-22 Raptor MicroFighter, both of which, in our own little way, we got fairly excited about we now have a micro RC aircraft that undoubtedly wins outright in terms of sheer controllability and …

Snelflight VTOL Jump Jet RC Aircraft
Posted by Andrew Tingle on March 1st 2008 | 1 Response

Whilst we are great fans of the Picco Z micro RC helicopter we cannot help but think that this Top Gun RC MicroFighter, which is also constructed from PSP foam ensuring that, just like the Picco Z, it can take more than its fair share of unintentional impacts, looks like …

Top Gun MicroFighter
Posted by Andrew Tingle on November 19th 2007 | No Responses

Whilst we have never personally ever seen a Goth in charge of any remote controlled vehicle (certainly not before the witching hour at any rate) there’s no reason not to suppose that there are Goths out there to whom this remote controlled alien bat with glowing eyes, known as the …

iFly Vamp Remote Controlled Bat
Posted by Andrew Tingle on October 16th 2007 | No Responses

You may recall that several months ago we posted about Roboboa, the AI robotic snake from WowWeee – makers of Robosapien – which, apart from offering everything you would expect from a robotic snake, also offers a few intriguing secondary functions such as a motion detecting angle poise desk lamp …

WowWee Roboboa AI Snake
Posted by Andrew Tingle on September 28th 2007 | No Responses

We’re a little late in posting about this particular gadget but, whereas ordinarily we’d simply not post about something already so widely covered, the MicroDrone remote surveillance drone from German company MicroDrones GmbH genuinely gets our pulses racing – besides that, it’s guaranteed to feature in TFTS on the premise …

MicroDrone UAV
Posted by Andrew Tingle on September 23rd 2007 | 1 Response

If you work in a busy office sometimes you just need to kick back and take five to bring your stress levels down and, to that end, we don’t doubt that this tiny Mini Cooper USB remote controlled car could prove to be a great stress buster as you send …

USB Mini Cooper Desktop Remote Controlled Car