• n2burns@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    This was mentioned a couple of weeks ago on the Vergecast. I was wondering if someone was going to get assigned the article, and here it is!

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    1 year ago

    Those don’t take batteries and your click generates the electricity for the signal. Right? Like a wind up radio.

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      1 year ago

      No, it’s a tuning fork that produces 4 seperate tones, one for each “button.” The TV had a microphone listening for tones and would respond accordingly. You didn’t actually have to point the remote at the TV, which later became a problem, as the mic on the TV was technically always listening for a tone.

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          1 year ago

          Unfortunately, you violated the law slightly by asking a question!

          Cunningham’s Law states “the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.”