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.

There’s a reason why more people haven’t seen the next RedEye universal remote for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad before ThinkFlood makes an announcement: They’re in disguise. This RedEye mini, which looks drastically different from the original RedEye, was concealed in a custom-molded enclosure, so it could be carried public without attracting attention. When not [...]

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.

This morning Curtis Silver posted an interesting article in Wired‘s GeekDad blog in which he asks the question, “Who controls the remote in your house?” Curtis makes some interesting arguments for restricting control to certain people, for example: My children and many like them are forbidden from touching the many remotes that control the many [...]

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 [...]

So who are we and what are we doing here? We’re from ThinkFlood, a company based in Massachusetts that designs and develops hardware and software with a focus on making everyday tasks easier. Simply put, we love technology. Not only because we’re geeks, but because we believe in the potential of technology to improve life. [...]