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Zenith Space Command --- fully mechanical and wireless (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/cassettefuturism@lemm.ee
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"By pressing a button on the remote, you set off a spring-loaded hammer that strikes a solid aluminum rod in the device, which then rings out at an ultrasonic frequency. "

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I had a TV with an ultrasonic remote. It was a nightmare. Whenever I moved the curtains, random things happened with the TV, including the volume hitting a 10 in the middle of the night...

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    • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I had one of these TVs when I was a kid, it came from my grandparents' house when they got a new one. We also had a dog that wore a steel-linked choker collar, and the TV channels would change, or the TV would turn on an off when he ran around and jangled the collar.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    And that's where the term "clicker" came from, as opposed to the more modern "remote".

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