Of course “there’s an app for that,” but now it’s becoming increasingly common that there’s “a remote for that.” And by that, I mean everything. Take this week alone: first we reported about the remote controlled power strip, then there was the remote control toilet, followed by the remote controlled wizard adventure. And so we [...]

Behold the TV Remote; the device that works so you don’t have to. Hard to believe that “doing nothing” has come a long way, but since its first appearance in 1950, Zenith’s aptly named “Lazy Bones” was the first of its kind to capture the magic onscreen by the command of your thumb. As science-fiction [...]