STMicroelectronics has introduced two new products—a wireless microcontroller (MCU) and wireless module—that are designed to simplify the design of short-range wireless connectivity devices. Aimed at ...

Wireless winch remote controllers deliver an extra dose of flexibility and convenience over the typical hard-wired controller, and the option just became even more convenient thanks to a new ...

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 ...

Someone’s gone ahead and built a wireless remote control module for those new iPods that have just come out. It’s basically a standard infrared receiver, which conveniently means it’ll work with most ...

Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless television remote control, has died at age 96. You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Imagine watching TV and trying to surf through ...