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Re:Back to the Future, Time Travel, and the Secret History o... by agumonkey on Friday January 16, 2015 @08:20PM (#8902893)
My friend had a Casio watch that could control his VCR. To this day no wearable can control his VCR.
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Re:Back to the Future, Time Travel, and the Secret History o... by derekp7 on Saturday January 17, 2015 @06:52AM (#8904157)
Maybe not his specific VCR, but I found out that Roku has a remote control app (controls it over wifi).

But you just gave me a great product idea. Wifi accessible infra red remote controls that you'd mount in various rooms in the house that contain IR-remote controlled objects (TVs, ceiling fans, etc) along with an app to control them from your handheld.

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Re:Back to the Future, Time Travel, and the Secret History o... by _djo_ on Saturday January 17, 2015 @10:24AM (#8904465)
The Pebble watch can control Plex, VLC, XBMC and the WDTV over WiFi:

https://github.com/Skipstone/Skipstone

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