Boys will always be boys and when it comes to radio controlled (RC) cars or boats it is never enough. Having quite a number of RC toys (and a remote for each one of them) myself I often find matching the remote with the car difficult. Oh how I wish I had one remote for all of them!
And then it struck me that we all have a universal remote in our pocket!
It’s easy to name a lot of things that mobile phones are good for: communication, entertainment, organizing contacts and things to do, etc. All of this comes supposedly at an unnoticeable risk to our health and safety (never use mobile phones whilst driving).
I’ve recently discovered that mobile phones can also pose risk to people who use compasses for navigation. How come?
If there is one thing I don’t like about advertising posters (all of them, from a huge building-mounted to a half A4 on a bus stop) is that they lack technology. Even if I’m really interested in what is being advertised I can’t easily write down the contact information from them.
Of course, I could take a picture of the poster with my mobile phone or tear away one of them small pieces of paper with the number. But I can’t easily get a number from a picture and I always lose stuff in my pockets.
When was the last time you asked someone to give you his or her mobile number? I did it last week and found myself in this embarrasing situation for the millionth time:
Me:
It was nice seeing you again, mate! Can I give you a call later?
Sasha:
Sure, what’s you number?
Me:
Erm… I don’t remember. Let me check…
I spent the next five minutes trying to find my mobile number. We ended up typing Sasha’s number into my phone and me calling him so he can finally have my number.
A couple of solutions can help exchange numbers between two mobile phones.
Imagine a situation when you are desperate for a magnifying glass: reading the small font on a package in a supermarket or pharmacy is one of them. If you left your glasses at home — reach for your mobile!
Mobile phones have built-in functions to find a person’s number in the address book and let you make a call, but one way or another, I need about 10-20 seconds to get to the desired name on the screen and press the Call button. And it’s worse if I’m in a rush while doing this: the search can take me up to a minute! Here is an idea about how to find someone’s number in your phone and call him/her in 2 seconds.
Modern mobile phones incorporate a vast number of gadgets and features such as digital cameras, mp3 players, Bluetooth and Wifi connectivity, etc. However using some of the very basic features of a phone, such as typing a number, can be problematic due to the small size of the numbers on the screen. The idea is to maximize the size of the dialed numbers to the scale of the phone itself.
Universal remote for radio controlled toys
