In 1898 he demonstrated what he called a teleautomaton, a radio-controlled boat which amazed the public during an electrical exhibition at Madison Square Garden.
For the shots where the squid swims on the water surface, the production crew used a radio-controlled boat to mimic a wake.
These surface craft were very fast radio-controlled boats.
In 1989, Traxxas released its first radio-controlled boat, the Villan IV.
In 1898, he demonstrated a radio-controlled boat to the public during an electrical exhibition at Madison Square Garden.
A radio-controlled boat is a boat controlled remotely with radio control equipment.
A string attached to a toy boat might do, or, going all out, a radio-controlled boat.
It started, he said, first with Erector sets when he was 10, then moved to radio-controlled boats in the swimming pool.
He also built and demonstrated a radio-controlled boat at Madison Square Garden in 1898.
As mechanical techniques developed through the Industrial age, more practical applications were proposed by Nikola Tesla, who in 1898 designed a radio-controlled boat.
