It sounds like a joke, but in the future, if you want to turn the volume up on your Apple TV 4K set, you could wave a hand, a baseball bat, or any object lying around you to get the job done. Before ...

In September, 1898, at Madison Square Garden, Nikola Tesla revealed a new invention: a radio-controlled torpedo boat. It was the first demonstration of wireless remote control in history, and it ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Pico projectors might be able to turn any old surface into a display - with varying results of course - but can they turn any old surface into in interactive display and everyday objects into a remote ...

Software that lets someone take control of another user's computer in a distant location. Only keystrokes, mouse movement and screen changes are passed between the client "controlling" computer and ...

An iPhone or another remote control may one day take advantage of Ultra Wideband to provide users with information about nearby devices or change what controls are available, simply by pointing it at ...