Their solar panel system is integrated with the lights via the room controller, drawing power from man-made and natural light.

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Walk to living room, pick up television controller.

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Hence, rather than asking a dwindling cadre of harried surgeons to perform operations sequentially, a single master surgeon will be able to operate on a dozen patients at a time from the comfort of his rec room using a specially modified Wii controller.

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Walk to living room, pick up Wii U tablet controller.

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"Once the bugs got worked out, and most have been, we've been very happy with this, " said Craig Troxclair, a controller at the FAA's oceanic traffic room near Oakland, Calif.

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"Imagine a world where you can watch a movie without a remote, play a game without a controller, all in the comfort of your living room, " Whitten said.

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He put down his controller and walked down the hall towards his parent's room, all the while trying to imagine what would make his mom cry.

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With Kinect, Xbox 360 transformed gaming and entertainment in the living room with a whole new way to play games and find entertainment - no controller required.

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Consoles, in turn, are accessible, and if Valve created a mini-PC of sorts (which is what most consoles are) for the living room, they could recreate the console experience many gamers prefer, complete with a controller, while still satiating the hardcore who want to use a wireless mouse and keyboard.

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