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Snakebyte shows off new PS3 Blu-ray remote at CES

Shane McGlaun, Jan 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

Snakebyte has a range of controllers and accessories for game consoles and computers as well as some cable offerings on the market already in the US. At CES in Las Vegas, the company is showing off a new accessory for the PS3 console that will let you control the Blu-ray playback experience from across the room. Read The Full Story

Orb BR turns your PS3/Blu-ray player into a 1080p streamer

Chris Davies, Jan 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

Orb's attempt to undercut streaming media rivals like Sonos has resulted in the low-cost and high-functionality Orb Music MP-1 and its video-capable counterpart, and now the company is looking to Blu-ray players and the PS3 for the next attack. Orb BR is a $19.99 disc that turns a network-connected player into an Orb media source, controlled by one of the company's free iOS or Android remote apps and the Orb Caster PC/Mac software. Read The Full Story

Griffin Beacon makes your iPhone 4 a universal remote

Chris Davies, Jan 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

It may look like the buzzer for some brilliant TV game show, but this is actually Griffin Technology's Beacon, another option for turning your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into a universal remote control. As we've seen from other companies, Beacon hooks up to your iOS device via Bluetooth, and then squirts our IR commands sent from the custom Griffin app. Read The Full Story

TiVo iPad app due before end of January 2011

Chris Davies, Jan 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

TiVo's iPad app is expected to be released sometime before the end of the month, according to the company's VP of user experience. Announced back in November, the app will allow TiVo owners to control recordings and live TV, browse an on-screen program guide, set up schedules and use social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Read The Full Story

Hillcrest and Broadcom make motion-remotes simple with new BT chips

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony and LG both turned to Hillcrest Labs last year for help with their motion-control remotes, and now it seems the company is looking to spread its love more generically. Hillcrest has inked a deal with Broadcom to make a pair of Bluetooth chips that integrate the Freespace MotionEngine, the Broadcom BCM35230 digital TV system-on-a-chip (SoC) and BCM20730 single-chip. Read The Full Story

Samsung SH100 WiFi digicam gets remote Galaxy S control

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

Samsung has unveiled its latest WiFi-enabled digital camera, the Samsung SH100, with a 14.2-megapixel CCD sensor and a 3-inch LCD preview display. It's the wireless connectivity that makes the SH100 particularly impressive, however. Not only can you use it to upload photos and video direct to Facebook, Picasa and YouTube, among others, you can also pair it with a Samsung Galaxy S and use the smartphone to remotely preview the frame, snap the shot and even GPS tag it. Read The Full Story

Netflix one-click remote buttons promised by Sony, Toshiba, Roku & more

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

As smart TV options get more and more comprehensive, actually deciding which service you're going to use takes some planning. Netflix has sensibly decided that the best place to be isn't just on a menu but as a dedicated button on the remote control, and so has agreed deals with various manufacturers to get placement on their TV, Blu-ray and media streamer controllers. Read The Full Story

LG THINQ Smart Appliances lower power bills & add remote control

Chris Davies, Jan 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

Home automation generally means having an expensive third-party system installed, or trying to cobble your own setup together using something like X10 or ZigBee. LG wants to change all that with its new LG THINQ Technology, a "total home appliance solution" which allows home appliances to be remotely controlled and monitored from smartphones and tablets. Read The Full Story

ELP energy-monitoring system allows remote appliance control [Video]

Chris Davies, Dec 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

A new energy-monitoring system promises to make tracking individual appliance electricity use straightforward, as well as allowing users to not only view data from their smartphone but remotely shut down greedy devices. The Energy Literacy Platform, a Tokyo-based startup, use compact ELP Modules which plug inline between appliances and AC sockets; they link wirelessly to an ELP Receiver that uploads stats to the ELP server. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Cellbots Android app wants to be your robot’s brain [Video]

Chris Davies, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

We first wrote about the Cellbots project back in March, when Android tinkerers were first looking at the potential to use a Googlephone as the brain for simple Arduino-based robots. Now that project has spawned a full - and comprehensive - Android app, allowing you to use your handset as a remote control for a robot (with various platforms supported), as a brain directly mounted on the robot itself, or even pairing two handsets to delivery both roles. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Bang & Olufsen Beo6 Home Theater System Remote Unveiled

Evan Selleck, Dec 24th 2010 Discuss [1]

One day before Christmas, and Bang & Olufsen have decided to introduce a brand new home theater system remote. The new model, called the Beo6, is a replacement for the Beo5. And, as you might expect, brings new features along for the ride. Most importantly, though, is the added WiFi connectivity. The remote is unique in its design, as B&O have stuck a square display with soft-touch keys, on top of a round ball that features its own hardware buttons, along with a volume wheel. Read The Full Story

Nokia N900 gets Parrot AR.Drone remote control [Video]

Chris Davies, Dec 24th 2010 Discuss [1]

The Nokia N900 continues to show its appeal this week; after getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread on Wednesday, now the Maemo smartphone has become the next way to control Parrot's AR.Drone. As we found in our AR.Drone review, Parrot only offers iOS remote control apps officially, and has left the APIs open for developers to create Android and other apps themselves. That's just what Maemo chief engineer Kate Alhola has done with her N900. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story