Mobile Summit 2013: Mobile as remote control for life (and you)

Security systems, cars, homes, appliances: everything modern, seemingly, has a remote control.

Even you.

This $10K Chinese car comes equipped with remote control — seriously

Google may have a self-driving car in the lab.

But Chinese automotive company BYD has a car you can buy today ... with an actual, real, operational remote control.

Goodbye remote control: PrimeSense shows off post-Kinect TV motion-sensing system (video)

PrimeSense has its 3D motion-sensing chips in Microsoft’s Kinect hands-free controls for the Xbox 360. But that’s just the beginning of using your body motions to control your entertainment.

At the Consumer Electronics Show, the Israeli company showed off a …

Logitech Harmony Link lets you use your iPad as a remote control

Lots of people use their iPads as companions when they surf TV channels. But Logitech‘s Harmony Link device takes that one step further, turning the iPad or smartphone itself into a one-touch remote control for your TV.

The product being …