Those worked by sound. No power was needed or generated by the remote.
From the article…
By pressing a button on the remote, you set off a spring-loaded hammer that strikes a solid aluminum rod in the device, which then rings out at an ultrasonic frequency.
I THINK I even remember, way back, random channel changes from tapping on a drinking glass or something similar… Cool tech for the time
Subscriptions SUCK
Nice idea
Tell me about “secret menus”
I stopped using it because of that for a while. I have not found another launcher that has the swipe up and down on home screen icons to open other apps, put 9 icons in the dock and a few other things I can’t remember right now…
I blocked all Internet access to nova to circumvent analytics. Not sure if it’s working but until I find a different launcher…
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I quaff the grape’s nectar and doth play diverse melodies from Spotify until I chance upon a tune that pleases me.