| Radio remote controls use radio waves to send | | | | bands of frequency. |
| commands to different devices. These are | | | | For example, alarm and security systems work |
| electromagnetic waves of varying frequencies, | | | | at 40 megahertz, mobile phones between 824 to |
| emitted through antennas and picked up by radio | | | | 849 megahertz and an air traffic radar at |
| receivers. | | | | anywhere between 960 to 1,215 megahertz. Now |
| Therefore, when you press a button on your | | | | the question arises that, if there are so many |
| radio remote, it sends radio waves to your music | | | | frequencies traveling in the air at the same time, |
| system, which decodes the signal and obeys your | | | | how do gadgets know which ones to receive and |
| command. An amazing aspect of radio remotes is | | | | which to ignore? When advanced radio remotes |
| that they can send signals from greater distances, | | | | send radio waves, their unique digital address is |
| since radio waves travel as long as 100 feet to | | | | also sent embedded in the waves, which the |
| reach the receiver. They can even penetrate | | | | target receiver recognizes and accepts. This |
| walls, and therefore an increasing number of | | | | smart technology is already being used in cellular |
| modern appliances are now being designed with | | | | phones, Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) environments and |
| radio remotes. | | | | cordless phones. |
| Bluetooth technology also uses the principle of | | | | In the future, as our need to remotely control |
| radio frequencies. For example, Bluetooth | | | | multiple appliances increases, radio remotes will be |
| technology can interconnect your home theater | | | | seen playing greater roles. Tasks in risky |
| system, mobile phone, music system, computer | | | | environments, such as space and military |
| and television by using radio frequencies to send | | | | scenarios, can be performed through remote |
| signals between them. It creates a wireless | | | | control. Devices and remotes will become more |
| community of your gadgets that literally speak to | | | | intelligent as radio remote control technology |
| each other. Every appliance works on different | | | | develops. |