http://jonathanmelhuish.com/2006/11/bring-back-infrared/ Solving Climate Change through User Experience Design Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:43:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://jonathanmelhuish.com/2006/11/bring-back-infrared/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Orange Jon Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:32:12 +0000 http://orangejon.com/blog/?p=25#comment-154 Another related idea... Take all the devices that traditionally receive infrared (TV, hifi, etc.) and make them transmit an infrared identifier as well. Then you could point your mobile at a device in order to load an application on your phone that controls your device or provides you some information about it - even if subsequent communication takes place over Bluetooth. Obviously, it would be necessary to distinguish between direct and reflected signals, but I'm sure this ought to be possible somehow. Another related idea… Take all the devices that traditionally receive infrared (TV, hifi, etc.) and make them transmit an infrared identifier as well. Then you could point your mobile at a device in order to load an application on your phone that controls your device or provides you some information about it – even if subsequent communication takes place over Bluetooth. Obviously, it would be necessary to distinguish between direct and reflected signals, but I’m sure this ought to be possible somehow.

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