Battery Free TV Remote

[Meg]

Brought to you by the folks at Green Planet

[Mizfit]

ohhhhhhh my thats funny

[mattfivefour]

Yes, funny.

But am I the only one here old enough to remember the first remote controls? The ones that gave us the term "clicker"? They had no batteries: when you pressed the button it made a loud clicking sound and the frequency of the click caused the channel to change.

It gave rise to some interesting situations where passing vehicles or other objects produced similar frequencies, causing your TV to begin changing channels as if it were possessed.

[Robert]

For our TV at home, I AM the remote.

[Meg]

Yes, funny.

But am I the only one here old enough to remember the first remote controls? The ones that gave us the term "clicker"? They had no batteries: when you pressed the button it made a loud clicking sound and the frequency of the click caused the channel to change.

It gave rise to some interesting situations where passing vehicles or other objects produced similar frequencies, causing your TV to begin changing channels as if it were possessed.

Was there a revival that year?

[mattfivefour]

[Mizfit]

when i was a kid i was the remote

[SonSeeker]

What's a remote??