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Tell your TV what do, without lifting a finger! The InVoca 3.0 Voice-Activated IR Remote uses the sound of your voice to control your TV, VCR, DVD player, cable box, satellite receiver, even your entire home theater system, up to four different devices! You can even program multi-step macros or use this voice-activated remote control’s channel scan option for hands-free surfing.
I have no idea about a quality of this remote but it’s price extremely low – just $49.99! Taking into account that InVoca 3.0 supports voice macros it very real price.

Smarthome has announced Kelvin Talking Thermostat. It allows to control your home’s temperature just by speaking! The LCD display shows time, temperature, day of the week and other information. Also you can see there visual confirmations of the voice-activated commands. The thermostat allows to save different settings for the morning, day, the evening, and night. It’s quite enough to make appropriate temperature in home and save energy. There is a possibility to create different time and temperature profiles for every day of the week. Also, you can specially program the thermostat for weekends and vacations.
This thermostat is powered through your HVAC wiring and by four AA batteries. You can buy the Kelvin Talking Thermostat on Smarthome.com just for $129.99.

[via Gizmos For Geeks]