TV-Be-Gone

Imagine, you had a small keychain and pressing a tiny button on it could turn a TV off, ANYWHERE. You know where I'm going with this. Yes, TV-Be-Gone does just that. Wish I had one for the Office cafeteria.

WIRED wrote:

Altman's key-chain fob was a TV-B-Gone, a new universal remote that turns off almost any television. The device, which looks like an automobile remote, has just one button. When activated, it spends over a minute flashing out 209 different codes to turn off televisions, the most popular brands first.

For Altman, founder of Silicon Valley data-storage maker 3ware, the TV-B-Gone is all about freeing people from the attention-sapping hold of omnipresent television programming. The device is also providing hours of entertainment for its inventor.