So I was recently made aware that my idea has already been done! (kind of…)

This man made a Twitter powered Scalextric using Arduino and his own software called Conducttr.

Instead of being disheartened by this, I am instead relieved to see that it is a plausible idea that has been shown to work. My idea is slightly different as I intend to race two cars, each with different Twitter searches, so I am not too concerned.

All that matters is what it is used for at the end of the day. This is what I need to think about now. This video has provided me some inspiration, as he uses this creation to send a message about reckless driving.

I do like the idea of making the fact it’s Scalextric relevant to whatever discussion I want it to have.

given the time of the hand-in, and how close it will be by then, I like the idea of making this political, about the EU referendum. One car could be #EUin, the other #EUout. It could have a cheesy banner above the display saying something like

“what future should we be driving towards?”

Anyway, that’s just a thought, but my favourite idea so far.