Well, now you can. Well, almost – the BeeWi Mini Cooper S Bluetooth Controlled Car is a 1:20 scale model of a Mini Cooper S, but you can still race it round anywhere using the power of Bluetooth and an app on your Android or Symbian smart phone.
BeeWi Mini Cooper S
Although Bluetooth controlled cars are nothing new – Sony Ericsson launched the CAR-100 back in 2003 – the technology involved in controlling them has improved considerably.
You no longer need to steer the car by awkwardly pressing keys on your phone or fiddling with a joystick, instead, you take advantage of the accelerometer built into most phones and control accelleration and steering just by tilting your phone in the direction that you want the BeeWi Mini to travel.
You can see in the video below that the BeeWi Mini Cooper S Bluetooth Controlled Car is pretty quick and responsive.
The BeeWi Mini Cooper S Bluetooth Controlled Car works with any Android, S60 or Symbian^3 handset. If your phone doesn’t have an accelerometer don’t worry, you can still use control it using the touch controls on the screen of your phone.
Touch Screen Controls For BeeWi Mini
There’s currently no support for iOS, BlackBerry or Windows Phone devices, but we’re hoping this won’t be too far away.
The BeeWi Mini Cooper S Bluetooth Controlled Car can be paired to up to 8 handsets, with one phone active at a time. As with most Bluetooth devices, it has a range of around 10 metres, so you may need to chase it around a bit to stay in range.