Tag Archive for 'remote-control'
File this one away in the “too good to be true” cabinet; the Domia X10 touchscreen might be marketed as one of the cheapest ways to get your hands on a 10-inch home automation controller, but take a closer look and the reality is a whole lot more bland than first appearances suggest.
A common problem with concept designs is that their creators go overboard trying to fit in every fashionable doo-dad and spangly gadget, ending up with something that looks like an earthquake at an Intel factory. Far more interesting, to my mind, are the designs that attempt to tackle one specific issue or demographic; the hardest [...]
As remote controls go, we all know there’re different leagues that they aspire to. Some low-end handsets are content with replacing a crusty old faithful; others add multi-device control and perhaps a little LCD display. And then you have the big league, the remotes that actually border on Mensa challenges; Philips’ NX ProntoLite easily falls [...]
Dropping $500+ on a universal remote control looks a bit crazy, but there are always going to be the home-cinema obsessed who will readily invest both the initial outlay and then the time required to set it all up for the privilege of having a relatively straightforward system.
In the past I’ve been critical to the [...]
Louis over at Gizmodo has managed to acquire (likely through sexual favours) one of Ricavision’s new Vista SideShow Remotes, a fugly handy way to interact with your media PC thanks to the latest OS’ support for dinky supplementary displays. Hooking up via Bluetooth or IR, it has a 2.5-inch QVGA display to show everything from [...]
Looking forward to those lazy summer days? With the Remote-Controlled Floating Serving Tray (a bit of a mouthful isn’t it), you can be even lazier while lounging in your pool or hot tub. It offers all that the name says, because frankly with that long of a name I would hope you covered [...]
MythTV, as mentioned in my last post, can handle streaming your digital music all round the house… but what if you just want to enjoy the songs on your iPod on some big speakers, and maybe wander round with a fair degree of control? Enter TuneViewfrom Keyspan, an RF remote and dock combo that not [...]
Now I’m no pillar of the community (though those rumours that I shoot at homeless people from the back of a pick-up truck are both libellous and untrue) but even I would draw the line at getting a poor WowWee Dragonfly amped up on full-sugar Dr Pepper and watching it dizzy around the room. Those [...]
Try to sell the idea of most home automation projects to people and you’ll likely meet with a little confusion and a lot of scepticism. Yes, turning the lights on in the bedroom when you’re in the hall is cool, but it isn’t exactly useful. However, what if you were to tell someone they could control [...]
Put down these internets and get your rump to Radio Shack. WowWee’s decidedly-cool Dragonfly flying robot is finally on sale, and for the bargainous price of $49.99. Yeah, you heard me, fifty bucks with a cent for the savings. It flaps, it soars, it dive-bombs and glides - and if you crash it, it should [...]
