With all the wonder and magic of technology bringing your favourite films to your own living room’s home theater, its just a matter of time before we get real magic happening.
Now Harry Potter fans can buy a Universal TV Remote in the form of a Magic Wand. Yes, the wand is “real” and is not just some gimmicked prop with a panel full of buttons. It tracks your delicate motions as you command your television with a twist and a flick of your wrist.
It uses an on board processor and accelerometer to control your IR devices from your hand movements. There are no buttons, just thirteen predefined hand gestures (clockwise turn, downward thrust, etc) that can be programmed to turn up the volume, change channels, control your iPod, or turn on your IR lamp.
I can totally see me owning one of these things and making sure I have one of those IR controlled lamps so I can flick my wand at it and say “Luminatus!”
The want will be on sale October 1st for about $85 bucks.
