The main aim of this circuit is to design and demonstrate a simple 5 channel remote control system to drive five loads. The circuit works on the principle of IR communication. This article is aimed to ...

Most TV viewers take for granted the ability to change the channel from their couches with a remote control. That task may be near impossible for viewers with the most severe physical challenges. On ...

Dhara Singh is one of CNET's summer interns and a student at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She loves digging deep into the social issues that arise from everyday technology. Aside from ...

The official "Star Trek" phaser remote control zaps pretty much any TV, set-top box or music player in the galaxy. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small screen ...

[fahadshihab], a young tinkerer, shared his circuit design for a simple remote control using 555 timers. Using a 555 calculator, he designed a clock circuit that would run at 11.99 Hz. Two transistors ...

There are many heated word debates out there — is it soda or pop? Hair ties or ponytail holders? — but one that I was not expecting to feel so passionately about is what to call a channel changer. Or, ...