The Skål is a new way of thinking about home media control. Instead of the standard remote control to turn on specific devices, the Skål has users place corresponding objects in a wooden bowl to call up desired media tasks (i.e. turn on DVD player, bring up Flickr, surf the internet). It's all done with hidden radio frequency identification tags inside any of the corresponding objects that work with the wireless sensor inside the wooden bowl. Watch in action below!




So if that same kid comes over and takes the yellow block home, you can't turn on your cable box?
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This might work if the blocks were attached to the base unit with a chain or something. They would get lost too easily otherwise.
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I can see this as part of a teaching program/game for young children. But using this with "grown-ups" for practical purposes? Yikes. Some things are obnoxiously designy.
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