Nokia, the world's largest handset-maker, hopes to turn its tiny phones into universal remote-control devices, able to control everything from the television to the lights to the microwave.
People Power, a Palo Alto-based startup, offers products for manufacturers and service providers that focus on remote monitoring and control through mobile devices.
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To minimize "remote control clutter, " both devices connect to any Denon receiver using the dock control port and give users command and control of their iPod via the receiver's remote control.
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Mobile devices become the remote control for smart products.
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The XBR LED Internet TV also features an improved remote control and works with the Sony Media Remote application on iPhone, iPod Touch or Android mobile devices.
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It is not yet clear whether the devices were detonated by timer or remote control.
The Logitech Harmony Smart Control and Harmony Smartphone App turn your iOS or Android phone into a universal remote, giving you personalized control of up to eight devices from anywhere in the house using the smartphone you already own.
Startups nurtured in the Verizon family include a company providing robots for home health monitoring and a company connecting all the devices in a home for remote access and control.
Canon is also expanding its WiFi support to include DSLR-like remote control of the camcorder through the web browsers of most modern devices.
For example, the task force recommends the creation of a new group to study the use of acoustic switches, devices that can shut off the well via remote control in a disaster.
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Each of the firm's boxes connects to audio sources via bluetooth, feature USB ports for charging devices and are accompanied by a Bluetooth remote that can even control treble and bass.
At these depths, everything must be done with remote-control robots that install the blowout preventers, submersible pumps and other devices to manage the flow of oil and water on the ocean floor.
So far the group has tested touch screens, mobile phones running the Windows Mobile and Android platforms, speech input and output devices and an ordinary domestic TV set with a simplified remote control to run the UCH.
With Bluetooth capability, you can use a discreet remote control to change volume, turn the device on and off, toggle between electronic devices, answer hands-free phone calls and stream music, sort of like having a miniature wireless headset in your ear.
Able to control up to 15 devices, the Logitech Harmony Ultimate is a fully featured remote with a 2.4-inch color touch-screen that enables no-look control over television programs, movies and music by using simple swipes and taps.
The Control It All Remote transceiver then converts Bluetooth signals from the smartphone into infrared signals for the devices.
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