sagM to Cassette Futurism@lemm.ee • 7 months agoZenith Space Commandduet-cdn.vox-cdn.comimagemessage-square28arrow-up1242file-text
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minus-square@confusedwiseman@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink20•7 months agoThese were so cool. Didn’t they work by the pitch omitted? When a mechanical lever struck a plate that emitted a tone. The tv then receives the tone and completes the task.
minus-square@sexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish11•7 months agoI think it’s a noise in the ultrasound spectrum. Humans can’t hear it
minus-square@Chronographs@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish13•7 months agoNa it made a click, that’s why we call remotes ‘clickers’
minus-squareLovable SidekicklinkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-27 months agoThe click was the release of a spring-loaded plunger that pushed air through an ultrasonic whistle. The whistle was what controlled the TV or stereo.
minus-square@sexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoWeird I think I saw a YT video explaing it and this is the info I remembered
minus-square@Chronographs@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-27 months agoLooks like it’s a bit of both: while they did work by emitting an ultrasonic frequency, they also made an audible click. https://www.theverge.com/23810061/zenith-space-command-remote-control-button-of-the-month I feel like there’s a technology connections video on the topic but I could be hallucinating
minus-square@sexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months ago I feel like there’s a technology connections video on the topic but I could be hallucinating Yeah me too
minus-square@Pavidus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•7 months agoYou’re both right, the click actuated the ultrasonic noise, like hitting a xylophone.
minus-square@AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilink7•7 months agoThey were essentially an ultrasonic kalimba
minus-squareM68040 [they/them]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoYup. Entirely passively powered - no batteries at all. Pretty ingenious stuff.
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These were so cool. Didn’t they work by the pitch omitted? When a mechanical lever struck a plate that emitted a tone. The tv then receives the tone and completes the task.
I think it’s a noise in the ultrasound spectrum. Humans can’t hear it
Na it made a click, that’s why we call remotes ‘clickers’
The click was the release of a spring-loaded plunger that pushed air through an ultrasonic whistle. The whistle was what controlled the TV or stereo.
Weird I think I saw a YT video explaing it and this is the info I remembered
Looks like it’s a bit of both: while they did work by emitting an ultrasonic frequency, they also made an audible click. https://www.theverge.com/23810061/zenith-space-command-remote-control-button-of-the-month
I feel like there’s a technology connections video on the topic but I could be hallucinating
Yeah me too
You’re both right, the click actuated the ultrasonic noise, like hitting a xylophone.
They were essentially an ultrasonic kalimba
Yup. Entirely passively powered - no batteries at all. Pretty ingenious stuff.