The remote controller [Gilard] used is actually 20 years old, so the output signal of the receiver isn’t actually really clean. We do hope to never see this car on the road….

A perl script running on the iPhone will then send the command to the Arduino. When it receives the start command, the Arduino will ground the wire to the remote start and fire up the car.

But if your car doesn't have a remote ignition, you can build your own remote start system that responds to a text message from an iPhone.

It's always great to get submissions from readers (to webmaster@electronicsweekly.com, please), so thanks to Ian for sending us this one. More than a controller for Arduino, he describes it as an ...

The Arduino code has built-in functionality for both Canon and Nikon infrared remote controls. To control the camera via Bluetooth, [AlxDroidDev] built a custom Android application.