Supposedly an acoustic trigger could have remotely sealed the under sea oil well that is currently spilling 210,000 gallons of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico.
Many news outlets are reporting that if British Petroleum had invested in this particular remote control technology, workers escaping from the burning BP rig on April 20 would [...]
Slingmedia showed off the beautiful new Sling Touch Control 100 this week at CES. The Touch Control 100 has a 4.3 inch touchscreen and a stunning design which was sleek enough to get it selected as a CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Award honoree.
The Touch Control 100 lets you control SlingGuide enabled DVRs over [...]
Call me old fashioned, but I still don’t get this whole gesture control movement that is being adopted for TV’s and other devices. I get the use of it in video games — it’s more fun playing tennis in a video game when you get to at least swing something instead of just pressing a [...]
Everyone company wants to be “green” now and doing their part, or at least claim they are green, because it is so popular right now. I haven’t seen much actual progress yet unfortunately (especially from the electronics industry), but then I ran across this interesting prototype from NEC. They have created a remote control that [...]
It seems that literally every time I start browsing the ’net I find something else controlled by an iPhone. Here’s a sampling:
iPhone controlled R/C Car
An actual Oldsmobile
Dance lights
A minivan (2007)
R2D2
Dog feeders
Military Drones
A helicopter
What next? How about a bi-pedal walking robot named Walky. The robot and controller were developed by a group of grad students [...]
I’ve seen a few cars being driven by the iPhone, that’s cool and all, but the guys from Mythbusters have basically been doing that for years. Starting your car with the iPhone makes sense, but driving hands free? The people from Engineer Awesome, which is a part of Waterloo Labs at National Instruments, make it [...]
Bowling can be pretty frustrating — unless you have those awesome bumpers we used at my 5th birthday party. I’ve always wanted to bowl a perfect game like Mort Goldman, but to be honest I think the LHC has a better chance of actually getting started first. Until now. With the RC900, a remote control [...]
We love our pets and can spend some serious coin pampering them. There are pet clothing lines, dogs with X-Box Live subscriptions, crystal dog houses, and even pet health insurance. However, the item that tops them all is the Plexidor remote control Pet Door.
Plexidor Pet Door is an electronic doggy door with vertical sliding door [...]
Walking around today I realized just how much technology I have lining my pockets. There is my PDA, my iPod, RFID cards… I have at least few hundred dollars sitting in there. So I got to thinking: If I have this much technology outside of my pants, why isn’t there any on the inside?
Just kidding [...]
Unleash your inner Spielberg: SkyShutter has released the AeriCam, a remote controlled helicopter for your video camera. Backyard home videos just got a lot more interesting.
The AeriCam is a “lightweight 3-axis camera mount coupled with a customized Industry Radio Control Helicopter.” Founder and commercial photographer, Jason Lam brought his R/C enthusiast skills to bear in this product, [...]