• hansolo@lemmy.today
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    7 hours ago

    We’re all the way back around to IR diodes now? Is this just early 2000s retro stuff, and we’re going too get physical keyboards on our phones again soon?

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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      5 minutes ago

      They invented a really neat diode. It creates electricity when it emits ir. But of course that isn’t enough to get research funding which is why they make ridiculous hype.

    • Quazatron@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      My newish Xiaomi has an IR diode which is very useful to switch the AC on or off when I can’t be bothered to find the remote, and to mute TVs in restaurants.

      It has a 3.5mm audio jack too.