Wood Smart Car Kits Are the Opposite of Instant

If you’re into DIY, then the only thing better than a remote-controlled vehicle is building one yourself. At least that’s what the developers of SmartWood are hoping. They just launched a $50,000 Kickstarter campaign for their line of plywood-based Bluetooth controlled robot vehicles that, like all good DIY, aims to be the opposite of instant

"Everything is instant these days,” the pitch video voice-over intones. “Instant food, instant messaging, instant fame. Don’t think, don’t imagine, just open, use and throw away."

SmartWood's oxymoronic name comes from the primary car construction material: wood. Developers Gil Vismonsky, CEO of Academix Robotix, and engineer and developer Elad Shifman chose plywood for the kit bodies because it’s recyclable and customizable. In the slick and slightly humorous video promoting their Kickstarter campaign, they show the smartphone-controlled vehicles painted in a variety of colors Read more...