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You’ll Never Destroy This Heavy-Duty Remote In A Post-Sports Rage
Is there anything more infuriating than watching your favourite team lose while you’ve spent the past two hours shouting fantastic coaching advice at the screen? Taking your frustration out on your TV’s remote can help, particularly if it’s able to shrug off the abuse like this impressive heavy duty alternative you can build yourself.
Declutter Your Coffee Table And Control Your Lights With These Smart Remotes
Logitech has announced two new universal remote controls to tidy up your cluttered coffee table. They can also control your lights and even make use of Wi-Fi. Take that, poor range.
5 Apps To Turn Your Phone Into A Universal Remote
Controlling your home theatre system used to be easy — you simply told your kid to turn the knob. But today’s home theatre packed with feature-rich TVs, cable boxes, AV receivers and streaming boxes — and all demanding their own remotes — there’s no way the little guy can keep up. It’s time to replace your pile of remotes with an app that does everything they can do and more.
This Complicated Remote Brings Back Terrible Memories
There’s no definitive proof that the creators of this incredibly complicated button-laden remote drew their inspiration from Nokia’s ill-fated N-Gage gaming phone, but there are enough similarities to spark some uncomfortable flashbacks. The Fly Mouse is designed to replace your mouse, keyboard, and TV remote with an all-in-one radial spiral of buttons that will have even the most adept touch typist hunting and pecking again.
New Logitech Harmony Touch: Say Goodbye To Buttons
It’s taken forever and a half for Logitech to introduce a new universal remote — but they finally have. Meet the Logitech Harmony Touch, a new universal remote that changes the Harmony button layout and replaces most of its actions with a touchscreen.
Giant Mute Button Silences Commercials With A Vengeance
At some point in your life, you’re going to reach the stage where you can’t stand to listen to the horrible drivel spewed forth by TV commercials, and your failing eyesight and dexterity will make it nigh impossible to find the mute button on your remote before your show returns. So the Smash Mute might look ridiculous to you now, but one day you’ll see the beauty of its simple design.
This Remote BBQ Kit Knows Your Grill Better Than You Do
Barbecued food always tastes better when you’re not the one hovering over the hot grill. So the folks at BBQ Guru have created the CyberQ Wi-Fi, which lets you remotely monitor and adjust your grill while you’re nowhere near it.
$60 Wireless Remote Controls Your Canon 5D Mark III On The Cheap
When photography calls for a stable tripod, a remote shutter release is a must-have accessory. But you’ve already given Canon thousands of dollars for a fancy DSLR; why spend hundreds more on its official wireless remote when Satechi’s does the same thing for just $US60?
