This universal remote control should be very attractive for all football fans not just because it’s made as a football ball. But also because it’s soft to do not break your TV and durable to do not break itself in case you throw it if your team plays not good.
The football remote control can control not only TVs but other AV devices as well. It has an effective range up to 7 meters and costs about €20.
Interesting solution for home automation I received recently to my email – IPUCam. Basically it’s a mix of IP camera and controller. It might be connected to the home LAN via WiFi or Ethernet and can control various devices via IR. To control system consumers may use any PC with web browser or iOS devices.
Additionally to control your home the IPUCam allows to view video and audio stream from built-in camera as well as detect presence by its motion detector. The IPUCam Smart Scene Controller is tagged at $279.
We know the Near Field Communications (NFC) technology is used to replace the credit card by your smartphone. But, for sure, this technology might have more applications. As example, we can see the first NFC-enabled door lock presented by Yale Locks & Hardware. To open it just put the smartphone near the lock and if it accepts the electronic key you’re in. Simple and the same time secure. You don’t need any connect except NFC, of course.
Additionally the new Yale door lock sports touchscreen to type unlock code manually and it’ll supports Z-Wave or ZigBee to integrate the lock into the home automation system. You may see the sort demo video after break.
Keene Electronics offers a little box AU-11CA HDMI Audio Embedder which helps you to inject external digital audio into to have both video and audio in one HDMI cable. It’s useful in case your HTPC or satellite box doesn’t pass audio signal over HDMI but you’d like to have it there. Additionally the box repeats the HDMI signal to allow an extended total HDMI cable range.
The AU-11CA HDMI Audio Embedder is compact (85(D) x 85(W) x 35(H)mm), lightweight (260g) and not so expensive (about £117).
[via AutomatedHome]
If you use your iPad as not only in-wall home automation system control panel but as ordinary tablet the iRoom iDock in-wall iPad mount should be definitely interesting for you. Additionally to common iOS docks like audio connector, power device and landscape or portrait orientations it’s motorized to help you mount/unmount iPad. Moreover, the iRoom iDock has built-in the proximity sensor to automatically open the dock. Sure, it can be disable to do not annoy you open each time you walk by. The dock will shut automatically ten seconds after you open it up.
There is no any information regarding to iRoom iDock availability or price.
[via SlashGear]
