Long Range TV-B-Gone: The TV Sniper
We’ve all seen what pranks utilizing devices such as the TV-B-Gone which can turn off any television with an infrared port. Take for example Gizmodo shutting of TVs at CES. For this simple hack, all you need is a lens to control (snipe) any TV from well beyond the range of any normal remote. As you can see in the pictures above, all you have to to is use a basic pair of binoculars which makes the IR LED inside the TV-B-Gone much more concentrated. Therefore, its infrared beam can reach TV sets further away. It’s incredibly simple and incredibly effective. Have a cool project like this one Send it to us.
July 20th, 2009
OMG THIS IS SO SIMPLE BUT SMART THANKS
May 10th, 2010
Hm. Not sure if this hack actually works. Well, yes in theory it schould – yet, most binoculars have coated lenses and that coating usually blocks a lot of IR (that’s why IR filters (IR-PASS, not IR-blocking) are uncoated…