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The Ultimate Universal Remote Control

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ultimate-is-a-strong-claim dept.

TheMayor writes: "CNN.com has a story about how researchers at Maya Designs, Inc. and Carnegie-Mellon are trying to come up with a remote control that controls everything in your house. From the TV to the blender, these guys want to make an all-in-one piece to turn everything on and off. Now I wonder if I could remotely flush my toliet?"

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  1. Re:slow by geogeek6_7 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, but I noticed how MacOSX has nothing to do with this article.

  2. A better question: by mbourgon · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    (feel free to answer - easier than Ask Slashdot!)

    I'm having a house built. I can't touch things until I move in, but then I can retrofit. Some of the things I see include the tile warmer (no cold feet), the mirror warmer (no fog), IR light switches (walk in and it turns on).

    What else would y'all recommend? I'd rather have a smarter house than a smarter remote. Oh, and I don't want to give X-10 any of my money. The last thing I want to do is encourage their ads.

    --
    "Sometimes a woman is a kind of religion, she can save your soul & set you free from all your sins" - Bad Examples
    1. Re:A better question: by cscx · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      What else would y'all recommend?

      A girlfriend to share the house perhaps? About 5'8", blonde, blu... uhh what was this message about again?