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Microsoft unveils new Xbox 360 Media Remote and Bluetooth headset
If you use your Xbox 360 as a media center, and spend more time streaming video and music to your HDTV with it than you do playing video games, you may be interested…
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Griffin launches HELO TC iOS-controlled RC helicopter
Griffin Technology announced a new product today that will no doubt be on every geek’s holiday list in the coming months. The HELO TC Helicopter is remote-controlled by an iPhone, iPod touch, or…
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Geek deals: 50 percent off the Lenovo N5902 media remote
If you’ve ever tried to control a computer without sitting right in front of it, you know the frustration that comes with wireless input devices. A traditional mouse, even when wireless, just isn’t…
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RealVNC improves remote PC access with a BIOS-level server
There are plenty of excellent remote desktop apps out there — from relative newcomers like TeamViewer and Mikogo to grizzled veterans like RealVNC. Proving once again that you can teach an old dog…
View ArticleAir Force seeks to be fly on the wall with new drones
Everyone has either heard or uttered the old cliche, “I wish I could have been a fly on the wall during that conversation.” The United States Air Force has taken that statement to…
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Uninstall pcAnywhere now, your PC is at risk
pcAnywhere? More like pcNowhere, with fewer than 50,000 computers still running the one-time industry leading remote control software. And if you’re still using it, Symantec has an important plea for...
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Quadcopter video gives pilot’s-eye view of the action
For those of you that curse gravity because you wish you could experience Superman-like flight, check out the video above. Depicting a four-minute journey of a remote controlled quad-copter through a...
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Quadcopter modified to carry machine gun
Update: There’s growing doubts about the authenticity of this (very well done) video. The best guess at the moment is that this might be a promo for an upcoming CoD game. Your guesses…
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Student project creates WiFi extending robot
Remember when you got your first radio-controlled car? Watching an RC vehicle zip around at the push of a stick has been a source of sheer joy for many a young geek, even…
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Why get up? Modded TV remote controls light switch
If you find yourself relaxing on the couch and in the mood for some ambient lighting, but the switch is just too far away, Arduino and Kinect modder Andrew F. has a solution in…
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RC Superman flies above beach, but not fast enough to change flow of time
Remember all those awesome RC helicopters and airplanes you used to see flying in the park, soaring above the kites? Those were pretty cool, sure, but they weren’t Superman. As this video shows,…
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RC car with on-board Raspberry Pi can be driven from anywhere
IBM may be pondering the sale of its server business to Lenovo, and that’s certainly big news. But it’s not nearly as fun as the Raspberry Pi hack some of its engineers have…
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Nano-Falcon is the world’s smallest remote-control helicopter
Japanese online retailer CCP, a subsidiary of Namco Bandai, will next month release the world’s smallest infrared remote-control helicopter. The tiny helicopter has been named Nano-Falcon and measures...
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Remote controlled F-16 takes first flight
Boeing has now created a practice drone technology to address problems properly training pilots for real-world situations, and perhaps to eventually make those pilots obsolete.
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Scientists finally figure out a way to make sex fun: remote control spermbots
If you frequently find yourself sitting home alone on Saturday night watching Netflix instead of having sex like all the cool people, researchers from the Dresden Institute of Integrative Nanosciences...
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This palm-sized quadrotor was drawn with a 3D printing pen
3D printing pens are a lot more practical than you might have thought. Tools like the 3Doodler can be used to produce real objects just like a 3D printer — not just drippy […]
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Sony combines a portable speaker with a TV remote, yes really
Anyone claiming that Sony never thinks outside the box or doesn’t experiment with new products need only glance at the SRS-LSR100 to prove otherwise. As well as having an instantly forgettable name,...
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This Arduino-powered rig puts you in the cockpit of an RC car
At the turn of the millennium, I fell in love with the RC car madness of Re-Volt. Now, two students have built a simulator that puts you right inside an actual RC car. […]
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Scientists Program Remote-Controlled Nanobots to Kill Cancer
Scientists have created an army of remote-controlled, biodegradable, cancer-killing nanobots. A joint effort by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and The University of Manchester,...
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Toy Tuesday: 11 Coolest Remote-Controlled Toys
One of the most interesting resurgences in the world of toys has been remote control. Long considered to be a relic of the past, supplanted by the excitement of video games, advances in […] The post...
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