Remote Controls

iBikeConsole is Bicycle iPod Mount, Remote Controller, Trip Computer in One

Cycling and listening to an iPod can be pretty dangerous as the music masks the road sounds, and fiddling with the controls can have you veering all over place: iBikeConsole is designed to help with some of that. It’s a handlebar iPod nano mount that houses your PMP in a shock and rain-proof case, and…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Sep 9

What Went Wrong With the First TV Remotes

Zenith pioneered the TV remote control, but those early models were more drag than advantage. Electronic House has a full walk down remote-control memory lane, but first, here’s a quick Retromodo look at Zenith’s first three creative attempts—and what was tragically wrong with them: Lazy Bones (1950) – According to Electronic House, it was the…

Tech News Wilson Rothman May 15

Drunk Aussie Threatens to Blow Up City With TV Remote

A 57-year-old man was sentenced to a year’s probation for threatening to blow up Brisbane, Australia with his TV remote. Geoffrey Fryatt’s drunken stunt prompted Australia to declare a state of emergency in the city, send in paramilitary police to pelt Fryatt with rubber bullets and arrest him. Fryatt expressed concerns that probation would interfere…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 7

Logitech Harmony One IR Remote Is Easy-Grip Capacitive-Touch Couch Buddy

Logitech’s first new universal remote in a year, the $250 Harmony One, marries the sleek handheld grippiness of its skinnier Harmony models with the power of its $500 bad-ass, the Harmony 1000. The Goods: The capacitive-touch 2.2″ color screen is designed to respond quickly and accurately to your taps, while the ergonomically set tactile buttons…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 5

Is It a Soccer Ball or a Remote? Actually, It’s Both

Soccer may not be the most popular sport in the US—but don’t tell that to millions of minivan-driving suburban mothers. Chances are, the kids they are constantly hauling back and forth to practice would love this soccer ball remote. Not only will it handle your TV, DVD and satellite controls, it is also a full-size,…

Television Sean Fallon Nov 30

Ceramic Remote Solves One Problem, Creates Others

Designer Yuta Watanabe’s motivation in creating a ceramic concept TV remote was the disdain we usually show our little infrared friends, tossing them around, losing them in seat cushions, leaving them in another room. If the remote was an objet rather than a mere object, we might not be so rough on it. Yes? I…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Oct 12

Art.Lebedev Shows Pultius, the Crazy Zillion-Button Remote

At first we were wondering if the Art.Lebedev Studio was kidding with this design concept for a remote control. Named Pultius, this 20-inch-long clicker solves a problem of designing “a remote control with as many buttons as there are channels on TV.” We weren’t aware that was an actual problem, but if such a solution…

Tech News Charlie White Oct 5

Keyspan RF Remote for Windows Vista Sees Through Walls

Use this Keyspan RF (radio frequency) remote to control your Windows Vista PC from 90 feet away, a distance the company takes great glee in exclaiming is three times the distance of infrared remotes. You just plug that USB receiver into your PC, and you’re good to go, remote-controlling all those movie files you’ve ripped…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 7

Niles IC2, the Mother of All Universal Remotes

Niles, remote maker to the stars and NBA basketball players, has finally decided to upgrade its venerable easy-to-use Intellicontrol remote control to the IC2, an even simpler version with larger buttons and up-to-date devices. Long a mainstay of the high-end home theater installation market, the Intellicontrol has been around for 12 years, and is the…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 31

TuneView Controls iTunes on Macs and PCs from 150 Feet Away

Plug TuneView into your Mac or PC’s USB port, and then you can control iTunes from just about anywhere in your house, as long as you don’t live in a place that’s more than 150 feet wide. The remote has a sharp-looking color LCD screen that’s a whole lot like the iPod’s screen, showing you…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 24

Book-Style Remote Control Comes with Pages

Tired of flipping between four remote controls to operate all your A/V gear? Designed by Chen Hung Ming, the Book-style remote has three “pages” you can flip through to control either your TV, DVD or stereo. Each page has a small tab/bookmark that explains what each page controls. The concept itself isn’t new (there are…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 26

Low End Theory: Gadgets Are the New ChapStick

By Brendan I. Koerner Totally against my will, the missus dragged me along to Bed Bath & Beyond a couple of weekends ago. (Insert whip-cracking sound effects, wise guys.) It was every bit as horrific as I’d feared—I must lack whatever gene enables some folks to swoon over Casabella all-purpose gloves. Oh, and I had…

Gadgets Brendan I. Koerner Apr 19

Star Trek Phaser Remote Looks Stunning, Set to Kill

Now you can annoy everyone around you with your Trekkie tendencies, aiming this near-exact replica of the Star Trek original series phaser at your TV set. It’s a remote control that not only looks just like the original prop, but Paramount Pictures also licensed all the original sound effects that you can activate by pressing…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 1

Attach Spare Remotes to Your Face with the Remote Control Wrangler

I wouldn’t really define this as “wrangling” so much, because all this device does is attach the loose remotes to your face. Nevertheless, the Remote Control Wrangler is a cloth headband and chin-strap of sorts that allows the spare remotes to be attached to the face in a comfortable and convenient manner. Unfortunately, the Remote…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Feb 28

Rumor: Apple iTV Remote is One Ugly Son-of-a-Gun

According to an “industry source” speaking to FierceIPTV.com, this is what the Apple iTV remote will look like. The iTV is Apple’s latest attempt at a media center with this miniature Mac Mini-looking box that can wirelessly stream content from the computer to an entertainment center. https://gizmodo.com/apple-showtimes-after-party-photos-of-the-itv-livingro-200211 This remote is actually the Ruwido’s VEXO and…

Tech News Travis Hudson Dec 15

Shiny TiVo Glo Remote Available as Stand-Alone

TiVo is shipping the Glo Remote, the luxo-premium controller that’s normally included with the TiVo Series 3 HD box, as a $50 standalone product. Of course, it works with the Series 3 but also works with most Series 2 units, too. We have one of these remotes in-house, and really like its shiny piano-black finish.…

Tech News Charlie White Nov 3

Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick for Instant HDTV

Plug the Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick ($130) into a USB port, and get yourself instant HDTV on a laptop. It also turns your PC into a personal video recorder with its included program guide software, and also gives you a remote control for lean-back comfort. Teamed up with an additional remote control Pinnacle calls…

Tech News Charlie White Sep 20

Flip Remote Control Design Concept: No That’s Not a Clamshell In My Pocket

No, that’s not yet another cheap clamshell cellphone, but a remote control designed by the folks at Geisendesign. Like a lot of these high-minded concepts created by smallish outfits, concrete details are somewhat sketchy, including whether or not it will ever see the light of day on a large scale. The flip remote has approaches…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Aug 11

iBikeConsole is Bicycle iPod Mount, Remote Controller, Trip Computer in One

What Went Wrong With the First TV Remotes

Drunk Aussie Threatens to Blow Up City With TV Remote

Logitech Harmony One IR Remote Is Easy-Grip Capacitive-Touch Couch Buddy

Is It a Soccer Ball or a Remote? Actually, It’s Both

Ceramic Remote Solves One Problem, Creates Others

Art.Lebedev Shows Pultius, the Crazy Zillion-Button Remote

Keyspan RF Remote for Windows Vista Sees Through Walls

Niles IC2, the Mother of All Universal Remotes

TuneView Controls iTunes on Macs and PCs from 150 Feet Away

Book-Style Remote Control Comes with Pages

Low End Theory: Gadgets Are the New ChapStick

Star Trek Phaser Remote Looks Stunning, Set to Kill

Attach Spare Remotes to Your Face with the Remote Control Wrangler

Rumor: Apple iTV Remote is One Ugly Son-of-a-Gun

Shiny TiVo Glo Remote Available as Stand-Alone

Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick for Instant HDTV

Flip Remote Control Design Concept: No That’s Not a Clamshell In My Pocket

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