▲ 65 ▼ The buttons on Zenith’s original ‘clicker’ remote were a mechanical marvel (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by igalmarino@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Llcooljessie@lemm.ee -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) Those don't take batteries and your click generates the electricity for the signal. Right? Like a wind up radio. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dingus@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Llcooljessie@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Neat. I knew I could Cunningham Law this instead of doing research. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] indun@feddit.uk 6 points 3 years 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." permalink fedilink source parent [–] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago You can always count on fucking nerds to get excited about explaining something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Llcooljessie@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Neat. I knew I could Cunningham Law this instead of doing research. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] indun@feddit.uk 6 points 3 years 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." permalink fedilink source parent [–] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago You can always count on fucking nerds to get excited about explaining something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Llcooljessie@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Neat. I knew I could Cunningham Law this instead of doing research. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] indun@feddit.uk 6 points 3 years 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." permalink fedilink source parent [–] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago You can always count on fucking nerds to get excited about explaining something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] indun@feddit.uk 6 points 3 years 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." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago You can always count on fucking nerds to get excited about explaining something. permalink fedilink source parent