a free hardware and software project that allows your Amiga to control external devices and vice versa, via infrared signals.
http://sascha.esrac.ele.tue.nl/~jeroens/infrarexx/index.html
remotely controls many Windows procedures such as executing/closing applications, simulating keyboard input, adjusting audio volume and shutting down your machine by receiving commands from infrared or fm remote control receiver hardware connected to your
http://www.mediatexx.com/
Linux software package that allows you to decode and send infra-red signals of many (but not all) commonly used remote controls.
http://www.lirc.org/