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.