Motion Control Remote

The 21st century has had many interesting, new electronics ranging from the iPad to flash drives but with the invention of the wii motion control has gained much popularity. Motion control has influenced ipods, game controllers, and more recently the remote.
The Philips Triton QWERTY Remote with uWand is the first remote to channel surf by waving the remote. Similar to the wii it utilizes an accelerometer to sense all the small movements of the user. The uWand foregoes the standard going through menus for pointing and clicking. Also unique to the uWand is that will utilize 3D controlling so you can pull objects on your screen closer or farther away (shrink or expand the picture). Instead of having to toggle through the inputs of the of the tv you could just point the uWand at the blu-ray player to begin watching the movie.
The uWand also has a qwerty keyboard on the back so you can access apps such as Netflix, and other tv apps, and will work on blu-ray players, tvs, and you will be able to control your entire home theater. According to popular science this has incredible potential in that it could eventually create other automatons such as blinds that close, turn on and off lights, and change the thermostat, and it could make you look and feel like you are conducting an orchestra. This device basically turns your tv into a large screened computer that you control much like a wii.
The Philips uWand is a sleek and small 6.7 x 2.1 x .7 inches and no price has been set for this new remote, and it is rumored to be released sometime in 2012.

For more info check out: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/09/philips-uwand-hands-on/