Video of 1st radio control toy from 1950s
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[rcgeek]It's RADIO control, toys that operated REMOTELY from a wire tether existed before this.[/rcgeek]
Thanks, Ernie. I corrected it.
The first radio control "toy" was actually flown by the brothers Good in 1937.
http://jimsrc.com/good-information.html
Actually I was digging at the guy in the video (he said it) but this is a nerd website after all.
Does it make anyone else giggle to watch how terribly careful he's being with the packaging? I'm on the edge of my seat, waiting for him to drop some cardboard and freak out.
Actually Tesla demonstrated a remotely controlled toy boat in 1898. See http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ins/lab_remotec.html
Mr.Kinnick is correct in Tesla beating everyone to the punch on this. However, his achievement was so far ahead of it's time, that the US Navy rejected it because they didn't know what to use it for (duh). Consider the fact that this device was built using entirely PASSIVE components - no tubes, no transistors. We today wouldn't be able to make one like that...
I wonder if the bus is on a carpet, and therefore much slower than it would be on a hard surface.