These petite little speedsters are Anki DRIVE , the awesome twenty-first century take on the classic slot gondola . They use your iPhone as both a outside control and an hokey intelligence wit , so you’re able to race against human or a information processing system opponent . And did I mention these machine also have laser guns and tractor beam ?
At theHome of the Future , Gizmodo en Espanol’sManuel Mendezand I raced against each other in a bunch of heatedly - contested 15 - lap heats . That ’s us above , duking it out for toy dog - railroad car resplendence . Once you give the Anki DRIVE car a 10 - minute charge , unwind the racetrack flatness , and download the app to your iPhone , iPad , or iPod , you ’re ready to race .
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Whether you ’re belt along against a human or an by artificial means - intelligent opposer , your phone ’s touch screen becomes the control pad for your hurrying and weapons ( the cars maneuver themselves ) . If you ’re trying to pass an opposer , you may incapacitate them with a virtual optical maser chargeman or slow down them down with a tractor beam . But watch out out : if you ’re racing an AI opponent , it teach your driving trend and wo n’t hesitate to blast you or reel you out .
The cars zip around at idiotic speed , and they make some hilariously fun haphazardness in the process . It ’s on the dot the same kind of sport you used to have as a kid playing with one-armed bandit cars , brought into the mellow technical school future . At the Home of the Future , everyone from primary school kids to jaded tech bloggers was instantly sucked in by the sight of the picayune racers . They ’re that cool .
The Basics
date : 2024-12-16–2025-02-02
Location:268 Mulberry Street , near Houston Street in SoHo . Nearest tube : Broadway - Lafayette .
Hours : 11:00 am to later . The Gizmodo gang will be function on - site all week — with A-one - fast wifi , on snazzy furniture — and we ’ll be hosting events every night . check into the agenda for all our programming here .
price : Free !
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