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Turn your iPod into a Universal Remote

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

no_demons writes "Some clever souls over at engadget.com have posted an excellent tutorial in turning your iPod into a IR remote control. You also need a Pocket PC, an IR gadget from Griffin and a bit of patience, but hey, it's still a cool hack."

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  1. I've got a really cool gadget... by AxB_teeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a pad of paper. To turn it into a remote control, all you need is the pad of paper (of course) and a remote control.

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    However,
    1. Re:I've got a really cool gadget... by morcheeba · · Score: 4, Funny

      also works with house pets, and, to a lesser degree, lions.

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      HIV Crosses Species Barrier... into Muppets
  2. Turn your iPod into a ... by Mignon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, that's cool. And with this, you can turn your iPod into a car.

  3. You can! by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 5, Funny
    A cool hack would be controlling your iPod via a $10 universal remote from Walmart.

    1. Buy iPod.

    2. But $10 universal remote from WalMart.

    3. Use corner of universal remote to push iPod buttons and rotate volume dealy-widget.

    So much more cool and high tech than using your primitve old finger.

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    --- Ban humanity.
  4. Cooler Hack by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    I just plug the IR bit into my guitar - now I play 'Sweet Child o' Mine' to change channels to Adult Swim, and 'Devil Inside' to change to C-Span.

    It's really quite intuitive.

  5. Here's a clue gentlemen... by raytracer · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you take a $10 item, and modify it to replace a $1000 item, that's probably a good hack.

    If you take a $1000 item, and modify it to replace a $10 item, that's not a good hack. That's just stupidity.

    It takes no cleverness to waste money.

    There is much pleasure in useless information.
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    There is much pleasure to be gained in useless knowledge.

  6. Not that cool by stinkyfingers · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know what would be REALLY cool? Turn my remote into an iPod. Now there's a mod I could get into.

  7. Pocket PC and IR gadget? by moronga · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reminds me of a Dale Gribble quote from King of the Hill:

    "If you want, I can show you how to make a bomb out of a roll of toilet paper and a stick of dynamite."