Well, those days are over. Now, RC cars are high-dollar enthusiast machines, built to look incredible and tuned for ultimate performance. Case in point: This Kyosho EP Fazer Datsun 240Z.

[Otavio] and [Will] got into self-driving vehicles using radio controlled (RC) cars. [Otavio] slapped a MacBook Pro on an RC car to do the heavy lifting and called it carputer. The computer reads ...

[Mattsroufe] has made a very cool project with one of them, not only managing to stream video from a small model car, but also to control the steering and motor by means of servos and a little ...