Good Question: How Do Remote Controls Work? May 22, 2012 / 11:08 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – We learned on Tuesday that the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control had died.

A remote control has three things, what engineers would call a 'communications channel', a 'procotol', and an 'interface'. I will explain what those words mean.

When the remote-start system is installed, you can send signals to the control module using the buttons on your car's remote transmitter.

With the Peel Remote App or Peel Smart Remote application, you can convert your Android smartphone or tablet into a universal remote for your television and home theater system. This is made ...

As the creator of television's first wireless remote control nearly 50 years ago, Robert Adler spawned generations of viewers who do their channel-changing from the couch. But today, the retired ...

How many remote controls do you have in your living room? I’m talking physical remotes that control media playing on your TV, including games. In other words, how many traditional remote ...

Thanks, Ethan. I was younger, I wondered the same. I was completely mesmerised with how a lump of plastic could possibly change channels on a TV without any physical connection. Very early TV ...