http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/ Engadget Comments for Video: toddler-safe DIY remote control http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Child asphyxiation > wireless USB]]>Apr 7th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/
That little guys knows he's getting a raw deal. After a few minutes of playing with that box, he's going to want the big boy remote that everyone else uses.

It's a cool little project, but it's insulting the intelligence of that little guy. Little kids know shit when they see it.]]>Apr 7th 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/I am also not sure what would be particularly unsafe about a real remote?! That said, making cool stuff for your kids is awesome in any case. ]]>Apr 7th 2009 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/
I don't have any kids, but I do have a year and a half old nephew. Once that kid could walk, the first things he went for were:

1. Remote controls

2. Laptop computers

3. Cellphones

If you hand him the toy version of any of these things, he looks at you like you're crazy and reaches for the real deal.

Little kids know what's up. If this little guy in the video is having fun pushing the buttons, it's not because he thinks it's a remote control replacement. It's because he thinks it's fun to push buttons. The day he figures out that this thing is supposed to be a replacement for a real remote is the last day he touches that toy.

Again, fun project, though. I applaud the guy who came up with it. I'll bet it was a fun project.]]>Apr 7th 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/
Anyhow - our little one is busy eating remote right now - by the time he knows how to use a remote, we'll just get http://www.rjcooper.com/giant-remote/giant-remote.jpg something like that.]]>Apr 7th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/
Anyone who can do anything DVR-related on the Comcast remote is brilliant.]]>Apr 7th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-toddler-safe-diy-remote-control/Apr 7th 2009 3:02PM