Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless television remote control, once said that “the flush toilet may have been the most civilized invention ever devised, but the remote control is the ...

Infrared, IR, Communications technology is used to link consumer equipment such as a remote control with a television since the late 1970’s. Over the years manufacturers have developed a multitude of ...

An Apple TV remote or an iPhone could be used to control multiple devices in a room, with the user selecting what hardware to control by gesturing their hand-held controller in the general direction ...