September 6, 2007 6:00 AM PDT

As remotes multiply, they find each other

by Mike Yamamoto
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(Credit: SkyMall)

It was bound to happen: Two gadgets that act as remotes for each other.

That's right, the cleverly named "Find It" remote will locate your lost keys as long as their attached sensor is within earshot. But the opposite is also true (which, in our case, is far more important)--just click a button on the keychain, OhGizmo says, and your perennially misplaced remote will be magically found.

And it makes perfect sense that this latest invention should come from GE, which is apparently trying to corner the remote market with such creations as its "Flip" Phaser wannabe. The next logical step, of course, will be a "Find It" in waterproof form.

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