Re: A father of home automation "beams up"

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Frank Schmittroth" <franks@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.02.23.21.37.39.435808@xxxxxxxxxx

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> > Adler and Polley's refinement was ingeniously simple. When a viewer
pressed
> > the buttons on the Space Command, tiny hammers struck lightweight
aluminum
> > rods to produce high-frequency sounds . . .
>
> I recall an ultrasonic remote we had.  Every time the dog jingled his
> tags, the tv changed channels.

Yes - I recall you could change the channels by jingling your housekeys near
enough to the TV.

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Bobby G.