A handy new remote —
Altman’s key-chain fob was a TV-B-Gone, a new universal remote that turns off almost any television. The device, which looks like an automobile remote, has just one button. When activated, it spends over a minute flashing out 209 different codes to turn off televisions, the most popular brands first.
For Altman, founder of Silicon Valley data-storage maker 3ware, the TV-B-Gone is all about freeing people from the attention-sapping hold of omnipresent television programming. The device is also providing hours of entertainment for its inventor.
Source: Wired News
This thing would pay for itself in every noisy restaurant and airport lounge.
What a great gadget. When I am the only person in a waiting room, I mute the sound if I can reach the controls, but this would be even better.
If only someone would invent a similar device we could aim at politicians…
Already ordered one.
Is there one that will turn off peoples car engines?
Better yet, one that will turn off car stereos?