Over the Air 2010: Quadricopters, iPhones, Ferraris and Wipeout

So a week or two behind schedule, but here’s the video from “The Ben Collins Appreciation Society",” the team I was involved with in this year’s Over the Air at Imperial College.

To recap, I had seen an early prototype of Parrot’s AR.Drone, and at the time I thought that I could do something impressive with the technology at the next Hack Day I attended. So with Over the Air approaching, Parrot popped over the commercial release of the AR.Drone in time for the event, and my brain got to work.

The result was two fold – to replicate some of the engineering challenges that Parrot had faced, and to create a version of Sony’s 3D racing game Wipeout. This was done through the judicious use of some iPhone and Android handsets, Telnet, a Wi-fi network, arudino boards, remote controlled Ferraris, racetracks and a whole lot of fun.

Here’s the (ahem) ninety second presentation of the Drone, the Cars, and the Paypal interface so you can rent out your R/C technology.

 

Find out more about the event at the Over the Air blog.