Comprising a garish electronic tunic and a wrist-mounted gun, what sets the SuperSuit apart from its rivals is a collection of outlandish features, including the use of remote control "bots", and the ability to create a shield by waving your hand in a figure-of-eight.
One such opportunity is the use of remote control laboratories for teaching students about control systems.
A standout example of automating mineral production is Rio Tinto's giant Pilbara iron ore operations, a world leader in the use of remote-control mining technology.
The Union Pacific Corporatoin's rail unit has been sued by the locomotive engineers union, which claimed "a serious safety threat" from use of remote-control equipment to move trains in freight yards.
Similarly, the increasing use of "remote-controlled-soldiers" – caterpillar-track mounted robots able to wield machine guns, travel through snow, sand and water and relay home detailed images from their onboard cameras – blurs the line between simulation and reality in a disturbing, if highly effective, manner.
Two new television products, both released to consumers this week, represent different concepts on the future of home entertainment, and different philosophies about the use and design of remote controls.
Typing using any kind of remote control that doesn't include a full QWERTY keyboard is a nightmare, and everyone knows it.
In this work we report on the implementation of an artificial system that is able to undergo a reversible transition between dispersed and aggregated state, using the principles of "remote control" by radiofrequency (RF) signals.
A physical button can also be used as a sort of remote control for the wearer's smartphone, making it possible to control music and take a picture with a press.
