remote control

iPhone You Can Drive My Car, If It's a New Mercedes Anyway

Kit Eaton — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:56:41 -0500

An iPhone app that lets you control your Mercedes Benz. An iPhone app that lets you control your Mercedes Benz. An iPhone app ... I mean, what more do you need to know? It's damn cool enough by itself isn't it?

Sony Patents Remote Controlled Spy Car

Chris Dannen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:05:37 -0400

Nintendo may have active gameplay locked up, but Sony appears to be pursuing something much more realistic: a PSP-controlled model car equipped with a camera and some extensive virtual reality software.

Stanford's Visible Energy UFO Remote-Controls Your Wall Warts

Kit Eaton — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:23:08 -0400

Stanford's just demonstrated a stylish way of managing the various wall chargers dotted around your home--and simultaneously created a convenient way to both kill the vampire power they draw from your electrical supply and remote-control some of your appliances.

Forget Touch, Poke Out Your Tongue to Control Your iPod

Kit Eaton — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:54:45 -0400

Who'd have thought gesture-based controls would expand to this: A new invention by Kazuhiro Taniguchi, at Osaka University, lets you control your iPod by pulling different facial expressions.

Black and Decker Car-Style Remote Opens Your Front Door

Kit Eaton — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:33:04 -0500

Black and Decker have taken a long hard look at the boring old front door lock, and added in some technology that takes it into the 21st Century. Namely a car-style remote key fob so you don't kave to fiddle with a physical key, and internet-accessible locking.

Hitachi Reinvents TV Remote As A Trackball

Kit Eaton — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:46:42 -0500

I'm totally left befuddled by the current trend of having full-function TV/AV remotes with two hundred tiny buttons and a screen for Windows connectivity. Instead, I'm all about simplicity, which is why Hitachi's trackball-style reinvention pleases me.