remote controls
Gadgets
NEC’s New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
12:51AM Jesus Diaz | It will be some time before it reaches couch potatoes’ hands, but NEC’s new TV remote prototype promises eternal power and no battery changes. Ever. How so? It doesn’t use any. How is this sorcery possible? More »
History of TV
12:00PM Nick Broughall | While it’s quite fun to look back at the history of television this month, it also helps to point out just how good we’ve got it today. Could you imagine flicking through all of Foxtel’s hundred-odd channels manually by getting up to the TV? That’s what it was like (except without the “hundred-odd”) before the remote control was invented in 1950. More »
How Did We Ever Cope Before The Remote Control?
12:00PM Nick Broughall | While it’s quite fun to look back at the history of television this month, it also helps to point out just how good we’ve got it today. Could you imagine flicking through all of Foxtel’s hundred-odd channels manually by getting up to the TV? That’s what it was like (except without the “hundred-odd”) before the remote control was invented in 1950. More »
Random Stuff
This Remote Control Is Impossible To Lose
8:00AM Adam Frucci | Always misplacing the remote control? You probably don’t need to go this far to ensure it doesn’t get lost again, but hey, nice work anyways. [Thereifixedit via Make]
Peripherals
This No-Name HTPC Remote Can Work With Game Consoles?
10:30AM Jason Chen | If this $US40 remote actually does what it says it does, then it might be one of the most useful HTPC remotes out there. It looks like a Motorola Q, but communicates over RF to its USB receiver. More »
Peripherals
The Philips Aurea Remote Dreams To Be A Mobile Phone One Day
10:48PM Mark Wilson | The glowing Philips Aurea has been out for a few years (in Europe), but the luminescent display (worthy of Jesus’ teeth) is finally receiving a remote worthy of its famed eccentricity. More »
Peripherals
Logitech Harmony 700 Universal Remote Gives You More Buttons
6:00PM Jason Chen | The $US150 Logitech Harmony 700 is much like their other non-touchscreen universal remotes in that you have a load of physical buttons to push. However, the 700 is difference since it gives you four physically labelled activity keys. More »
Gadgets
Blu-Link Universal Remote Handles PS3 With Other Devices
7:20AM Sean Fallon | SMK-Link claims that their new Bluetooth/infrared Blu-Link universal remote is the first to allow users control over their PlayStation 3 and their other home entertainment devices from a single unit. More »
Gadgets
IBM Files Patent For Tweeting TV Remote
5:40AM Sean Fallon | Good lord, this is all we need. A TV remote that allows users to easily ramble on about the shows they watch via their blog or twitter account. For better or worse, IBM appears to be working on this technology. More »
Gadgets
Remotes On The List Of Things Man Never Needed To Waterproof
2:30AM Mark Wilson | If there’s one electronic device that I use on a daily basis yet has never let me down through a lack of durability, it’s the standard television remote. Pretty much every brand on the market is built like a tank. More »
Random Stuff
4:01PM Nick Broughall | This is the cover of the latest Borders catalogue. Obviously Borders don’t actually understand that once you invest in a universal remote, you don’t actually need to keep your five other remotes on the couch next to you while you watch TV. More »
Borders Don’t Understand The Concept Of A Universal Remote
4:01PM Nick Broughall | This is the cover of the latest Borders catalogue. Obviously Borders don’t actually understand that once you invest in a universal remote, you don’t actually need to keep your five other remotes on the couch next to you while you watch TV. More » 
