Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!boulder!ccncsu!hemstree From: hemstree@handel.CS.Colostate.Edu (charles he hemstreet) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: I/R remotes Message-ID: Date: 25 Oct 90 19:33:37 GMT References: <972@qucis.queensu.CA> <1606@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> Sender: news@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU Distribution: na Organization: Colorado State University, CS Dept. Lines: 20 In-reply-to: grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM's message of 23 Oct 90 22:38:20 GMT In article <1606@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Greg Ebert) writes: I/R remote trivia: You can reflect I/R beams off lightly colored (ie white) surfaces. I got my TV & VCR to respond around corners -- not just line-of-sight. No luck with double reflections. Imagine my surprise when I turned 180 degrees from my TV to my roommate to pretend to turn him off, pointed at my roommates face, hit the off button, and turned off the tv instead! There were no mirrors behind him, so I suppose the beam reflected off his eyes, or teeth. :-) Charles -- !===========================================================================! ! Charles H. Hemstreet IV !internet: hemstree@handel.cs.Colostate.Edu ! ! Colorado State University ! "am I suppose to say something funny??" ! !===========================================================================!