In September, 1898, at Madison Square Garden, Nikola Tesla revealed a new invention: a radio-controlled torpedo boat. It was the first demonstration of wireless remote control in history, and it ...

The growth in the popularity of radio remote controls continues, even if application areas are shifting. Christian Shelton reports The evolving ways of industry are having an influence on application ...

Bonneville’s Barry McLellan details how IP remotes, wireless sensors and better connectivity are modernizing transmitter site monitoring and management.

John Hays Hammond Jr earned the title of father of radio control by developing the radio remote control capabilities now used for modern missile guidance systems. He worked at the US Patent Office to ...

GreenPeak’s GP565 Smart Home radio chip for remote controls supports voice control, motion sensing and the new ZigBee ZRC 2.0 protocol, which enables a single remote to control all the home’s ...

Apple today announced the iPod Radio Remote which combines the convenience of a wired remote control with new FM radio capabilities for the iPod nano and fifth generation iPod. The iPod Radio Remote ...

Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless television remote control, once said that “the flush toilet may have been the most civilized invention ever devised, but the remote control is the ...

Gehl pioneered radio remote control for its telescopic handlers, primarily for use with its Personnel Work Platform. Only Gehl and Manitou currently offer the technology on telehandlers. The wireless ...

Studying insects in flight can be difficult. They're usually tethered in place, although this may affect the manner in which they fly. That's why scientists from the University of California, Berkeley ...

A recent discussion with my friendly editor, Adam Carlson, rekindled my idea of designing an unusually simple, yet highly useful, radio remote-controlled firecracker for upcoming festivities. Because ...

Have you ever driven an electric car? You may have done so as a youngster as many first encountered electromobility in the shape of a radio controlled (RC) model car. It was in the early 1970s that ...