Oh those college kids...with seemingly oodles of time to create geeky solutions like this DIY key fob door opener (just like the remote fob for your car). Hack-a-Day posted Vassar student Adam's DIY...
Why is everything branded with an 'i' these days? We don't know. But what the iTwin lacks in naming creativity, it more than makes up for in usefulness. Think of it as the remote desktop taken to anot...
What if you could create a copy of your house key, but have the ability to destroy it in thin air from miles away? That would sure come in handy when your recently ex'd boyfriend tells you he "lost" t...
The remote died? You've only got one spare battery? Top Chef starts in 10 minutes? Well, sometimes you've just got to make do with what you have......
Furiously thumbing away at the remote control to find something—anything!—on television can leave you with a few stuck buttons (Why do we pay for 1000 channels again?). Good news: There's ...
For those with family or friends who suffer from impaired vision or blindness, this could be the first step in encouragement for them to learn Braille, streamlining a familiar interface with surface f...
There are a lot of different remotes out there. The main reason why people enjoy them so much is that they enable you to control all of the components of your home theater system with a single remote....
Not everyone is an ace at working with home networks. Most of us just want something simple, that's mostly plug and play. Even though home servers are great to have, not everyone can set them up easil...
We're warning you: this is a pretty advanced little project. But if you've got the tech know-how, come inside to see how you can rig your home computer to turn on from anywhere in the world with a pho...
Old sugar crates picked up from the flea market receive the caster treatment, turning them into a perfect storage solution for toys, books, DVDs, remote controllers, and more. Heck, they might even wo...
One of the quickest and easiest ways to keep a gang of remotes from cluttering up the coffee table and looking tidy instead is to simply bundle them up into some kind of cozy. Whether it's a cloth bas...
We—and everyone else who enjoys the flexibility to watch their favorite shows on their own time—gush non-stop about the amazing, brilliant and oh-so-addictive online resource Hulu. You can...
We're in a bit of a dilemma here, as a pair of pigeons have taken to nesting within an opening inside our apartment building. The last time we called the management, despite asking them to wait, the w...
This entry comes to you courtesy of the fact that I've heard this myth told to me more than once in the past few weeks my friends and complete strangers alike. My car's keyless entry remote, for lack ...
Here at unplggd we are big fans of the Harmony remote for it's ability to simplify home theater control. For most home theaters, turning on the TV actually means turning on the TV....and the digital c...
The iPhone obviously dominates the mobile market when it comes to multi-tasking. You can turn your iPhone into a numeric keypad, a bedside clock and even a remote light switch. But that doesn't mean t...
Of all the tech we saw in 2008, none seemed more versatile than the super-duper-extra-hyped Apple iPhone 3G. It's a great smartphone on it's own, but when you combine it's powers with a programs downl...
The mark of great design is in adapting a product to be more beautiful and at the same time to make it easier for its user to complete the task the it was born for. An article on Adbusters Magazine's ...
We have to admit that if we had a time-travel fantasy, our destination would be 1960's London as portrayed in the Austin Powers films, complete with mod colorblock dresses, go-go boots, men with awful...
You know that button? The one that the president can push at any time to basically alter the course of history? Well, we know that in the big picture what we do at home in our media rooms is only slig...
Honestly we didn't think that the Wii sensor bar, the thin bar that you probably put on top of your TV to read your Wii-motes' signals, was ever a mess to hide. Nintendo did a pretty good job of makin...
It's true. It is now officially impossible to watch TV without having the remote control in your hand. Image via Marios Alexandrou's Flickr...
Step One: Buy a TV-B-Gone universal remote control. Step Two: Buy a baseball bat. Step Three: Wait until the last two minutes of the neck-and-neck NFL game at your local Hooters, then activate said T...
Put another score on the board for "wired" bathrooms being the newest home trend. The Bathomatic is a fully automated digital bath filler that allows you to fill up your bathtub remotely, even going s...
If you're like us, you've got a short, memorized checklist of things you need before you walk out your door. (If you're a good little AT'er, you've got them all up on your landing strip). Ours is car...
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