[Gilad] tipped us about his latest project, where he adds plenty of pneumatics and electronics into his wife’s car to remote control it. The brake/throttle pedals are actuated by pistons cont… ...

MOVI is an offline standalone Arduino speech recognition shield that easily adds voice control functionality to any Raspberry Pi or Arduino project.

The actual remote control interface is achieved by wiring the car’s remote to an Arduino via a handful of opto-isolators.

Looking for a small robotics project over the Easter weekend? Try swapping an RC car's motors for an Arduino board instead!