Unlike Ikea’s Tradfri lighting remote, which uses a series of five buttons laid out in a circular pattern, the Symfonisk volume remote works more like the click wheel on Apple’s first iPod. The entire ...

We take remote controls for granted. For most of us, they’ve existed from the day they were born. We knew how to use them before we could even begin to fathom how they work. But really, they’re ...

Philco's Mystery Control (1939) was a battery-operated radio transmitter, so it didn't have to be in the same room as the radio it was controlling. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has ...

Aftermarket gadgets that fit inside empty space in your laptop always appeal to me for some reason, so I gently approve of this Wireless Remote Control that slots neatly into a spare PCMCIA slot.

Eugene J. Polley, a man best known for inventing the first wireless television remote control, died of natural causes on Sunday at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois. He was ...

Ramsey's Wireless Remote Winch ControlA little while back, we bought our first 4x4 that featured a keyless entry. It was about the coolest thing we had ever seen. Granted, the technology had been ...

[Reza’s] methodical investigation of this remote controlled outlet let him patch in with an Arduino using a 433 MHz transmitter. This is a single-device unit, but the techniques used here should allow ...

Wireless winch remote controllers deliver an extra dose of flexibility and convenience over the typical hard-wired controller, and the option just became even more convenient thanks to a new ...