VideoWave is Bose’s answer to home theater in a box. Comprised of a 46” LCD TV with built-in 5.1 channel audio (What?!), a processor that can be neatly tucked into a cabinet, and a unique remote control, the VideoWave system appears to be a feat of engineering on a number of fronts.

While it’s fascinating that Bose managed to make a flat screen with built in speakers feel like surround sound (a point *some* audiophiles may disagree with), we think its FAR OUT remote control deserves a bit more attention.

Watch City Brewing Company. A nice place to enjoy good Waltham craft beers. And if you’re a ThinkFlood software engineer named Justin Nguyen, it’s also a nice place to make the honest mistake of losing the next product in ThinkFlood’s line of universal remotes for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad—RedEye mini. Justin Nguyen—a Northeastern University [...]

RedEye mini is a small adapter that plugs into the headphone jack of the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad—transforming it into a completely portable universal remote. RedEye mini owners will be able to use their iPhones, iPads and iPod touch devices to quickly operate anything anything controlled by infrared signals, anywhere they go: TVs, DVD and Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, stereos, gaming consoles, etc.

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 [...]

Hardcore (-ish) band The Dillinger Escape Plan recently announced that it will include a television quashing universal remote in limited edition box sets…

Many PlayStation 3 fans enjoy using their console as a Blu-ray player but have been long searching for an inexpensive, simplified way to control it. According to Matthew Moskovciak of CNET Reviews, one of the main drawbacks in the PS3 is its lack of an IR receptor, which means that those who are used to [...]