Meanwhile, schools and universities across the country are experimenting with remote and networked learning.
Trainers armed with remote testing kits deliver updates to the database from across the globe.
They use it for regular phone calls, conference calls with remote employees, and customer service calls, too.
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It is purpose-engineered for professionals who run compute and graphics intensive workloads and require extreme performance with remote capability.
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If she gets stuck with the computer (often), he logs onto her computer with remote access software and fixes the problem.
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They also followed the movements of 16 clearly identifiable agoutis, and monitored 154 agouti caches with remote cameras for a year.
He monitors these with remote access software, which enables him to get onto her computer from where we live, 500 miles away.
An adapter is available for VGA-based infrastructures and an Ethernet connector helps ensure dedicated, stable bandwidth for fast data transfers and efficient communication with remote locations.
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Network connected external storage devices in the home will act as caches for internet content as local cloud storage plays a more coordinated role with remote clouds.
With remote play, you can run a game on the PS4 to stream over the Internet to Sony's mobile gaming device, the PlayStation Vita, which debuted last year.
With Remote, it is possible to watch a video on an Android phone, stop it midway through, and transfer the video, stopped at that point, to a Google TV box.
But the luxury car-maker's done just that, collaborating with Slot Mods USA to create the "quattro experience, " an installation replete with remote controllable A4 replicas and a custom track.
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.
Additionally, the Dell Wireless Dock has the same level of usability and easy integration as the current Latitude E Series Docking Stations with remote access, monitoring and configuration for business class control.
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Fundraising clearly takes a significant amount of time and money in fees, so Tian was surprised to see that firms with remote backers actually performed somewhat better overall when they raised more rounds of financing.
It's a good bet, however, that the smartphone (or tablet) will continue to replace "unnecessary" interfaces and buttons cluttering up your home, whether that's through a WiFi-connected TV remote, on-screen home energy management, shopping list reminders through a hooked-up refrigerator or possibly even a dishwasher with remote activation.
Five models are shipping in late December that include two with remote control: WiFi on the 16GB GZ-EX350 and 32GB GZ-EX370 lets a nearby Android phone or tablet steer the camera from a distance, and the camera itself can wirelessly back up its footage as well as share media through WiFi Direct.
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Sony came up with a remote with a lighted ball at the end that no one can build anything for.
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First, in order to use it, you're going to need the 1.3 firmware update, and the reviewer also cautions that you can't use more than one remote with a particular PS3, nor can you use multiple PS3s with one remote, because you have to pair them as you would any other Bluetooth device.
Users can control extensive audio libraries with the remote control, with included support for iTunes and Windows Media Center.
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The new remote is a vast improvement, the back-light is perfect for use in dark rooms and the tactile feel is much nicer, from the feel of the buttons to the texture on the bottom, and the DVR switch allows you to control two TiVo's with one remote which means you can use the new better remote to control with your older HD DirecTiVos.
You can even turn your smartphone or tablet into a remote with the free Media Remote app.
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Akerman conjures a timeless literary setting by blending modernity, with its remote controls, cordless phones, and sleek cars, with anachronistic luxuries, styles, and, above all, manners.
"They would rather sit in front of a computer with their remote sensing, " he said.
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It's possible, says Moore, that Franklin confused a direct strike with a remote one.
Cablevision hopes to allow customers to buy things with their remote controls early next year.
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Gathering height-and-weight data in countries spread over two or more islands, with many remote villages, is challenging.
But in this case, they're out of touch with the people who vote with their remote controls.
One in 2005 after watching a "commercial with two kids controlling a human being with a remote".
It's been a long while since I last played with a PC that comes with a remote control.
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