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 ...

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 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 ...

Remote Control is the newest feature from WAMG, whereas you — the reader — hold the power of suggestion. Consider yourself sitting in your own personal screening room. You’re in a big, comfy reclining ...

[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 ...