When loaded on a tablet or smartphone, TV Discovery can act as a universal remote control, slinging commands to cable and satellite boxes, Blu-Ray players, home stereos and more.
Enernoc's computers sent commands to control units at 250 commercial and industrial buildings in the region.
The ground control stations send their commands to Reaper via a fibre-optic link to a satellite relay station in Europe, which bounces them into space and back down to the aircraft.
Microsoft suggests a wrist-worn computer could be used to operate the device, or alternatively the user might control it through voice-commands and flicking their eyes to a certain spot.
Users can easily browse and navigate through the Smart TV ecosystem using LG's Magic Remote, which allows users to make commands using the control modes of Voice Recognition, Wheel, Magic Gesture and Point.
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One of the more entertaining posts we wrote up at last year's CES was for the Golden-i, a head-mounted computer that lets field workers control their machines using voice commands and by moving their heads.
Voice commands do not control volume, though.
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By providing consumers with the ability to control basic TV functions via simple voice commands, Nuance's technology helps Samsung Smart TVs deliver a seamless and smarter way for consumers to control their TV.
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"If you have a massive electrical problem it's possible that you could cut off all the commands out to the control surfaces, " said aeronautics expert John Hansman.
As fun as it is to control your desktop with the same commands as your iPod touch, Linendoll suggest that you pass and buy an iPad instead.
One favoured solution involves yet another layer of technology that would allow the driver to control on-board systems using spoken commands.
Additionally, physical Magic Gestures can be inputted as commands, enabling users to control CINEMA 3D Smart TVs with simple arm or wrist movements.
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The carmaker said the B-Max would eventually run its AppLink system, which will add control of smartphone apps to voice-operated commands.
Without a crew, however, the antennae would quickly lose lock with Mission Control, and the ISS computers would not receive commands from the flight controllers.
Kinect will allow users to control video selection and playback with hand motions and voice commands.
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We've been promised that your commands will be able to unlock the phone, control the music player and capture photos.
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The Smart Touch Remote Control also has a built-in microphone for Smart Interaction commands when the viewer is too far from the TV's built-in microphone.
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However, by using the WACI I have a dedicated piece of hardware that's only function is to send commands to my stuff no matter which interface I create to control it.
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This unique interface transforms gaming keyboard functionality into a customizable control panel with 10 dynamic, adaptive tactile keys that can be used to bind commands, macros, skills and spells for an unparalleled in-game competitive advantage.
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By entering certain strings of text into user input boxes on Web sites, cybercriminals are able to confuse their commands with data in a site's Structured Query Language (SQL) database and gain control of it, says Grossman.
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