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Old 12-03-2009, 07:58 PM   #1
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Old 12-03-2009, 08:37 PM   #2
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is the last bit real??? seems a very big risk
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Old 12-03-2009, 09:58 PM   #3
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This is not new to me. I saw this years ago in a Bond movie
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is the last bit real??? seems a very big risk
Absolutely. Bluetooth technology has been proved so reliable that it's now safe to control a 150mph missile with just the same link that works your mobile headset (Sometimes)!

Still maybe a way for Pash to do the CTC without getting wet
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Old 12-03-2009, 10:31 PM   #5
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i thought bluetooth only has a range of 10m or there abouts!
or have i just got a crap phone......
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Old 12-03-2009, 11:11 PM   #6
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It might not be your phone............ have you tried it with a Mclaren F1?
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Old 12-03-2009, 11:19 PM   #7
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It might not be your phone............ have you tried it with a Mclaren F1?
tomorrow i'l take a walk through a carpark and search for devices!
have a practice first
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Old 12-03-2009, 11:28 PM   #8
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Be careful I inadvertantly connected to one these once and now I'm not allowed in our local Waitrose

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10...etooth_device/
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i wondered where my waterproof nokia went,
i'l have to chech the other halfs bottom draw
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Its not the first time Lewis has driven an Rc car, here he is aged 7 on Blue Peter. The video carries on to show the begining of his career.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/sol/new...t=true&bbcws=2

On the right hand side there are some other videos of him, one when he was 13 and another in 2001.
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