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What sets this touchscreen universal remote apart from others, aside from the fact that it's just a concept...for now, is it allows users "to change the television's volume to turning on the oven or dimming the lights." No word yet on availability. Click here for first picture in gallery.

What if you could control everything in your home with a little handheld gadget? That's what this universal remote by David Chacon got us thinking about, with its roomy screen - a nerve center right in your pocket.

Electronic House recently selected 2008's Home of the Year winners, which includes the "Ultimate Green Home" (above), "Self-Sufficient Home", and the "Loaded Home". Click here for pictures of those homes in that order (four each).

Yep, for the first time ever, an "energy-efficient, sustainable" home snagged the highly-coveted gold, but make no mistake, this domicile is packed to the gills with electronic goodness (some of which actually helps keep energy waste down)

Blendtec master Tom Dickson is back at it again, and this time he decides to blend some remote controls. Will it blend? Find out after the break.

Designed by Joris van Gelder, this Bang & Olufsen touchless remote prototype "responds to finger gestures and lifts and falls in concert with the volume." Videos after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The idea was to create a remote control for kitchen use. As such, it's meant to be (mostly) touchless in order to keep the remote free from bacteria or ether, depending upon your situation

Yes, a 16-foot motorized circular platform was installed in this home theater, allowing viewers to rotate at the push of a button. Click here for first picture in gallery.

This rotation is linked to a button on a touchscreen RTI T2-C remote, along with an intricate 7.5-foot fan-style door that closes off the room. LED lights are embedded in the floor and ceiling

It doesn't take humongous speakers to get the ultimate in sound. These creative speaker designs combine both style and (hopefully) function. Click here for first picture in gallery.

I never thought that speakers could give me the same feeling that I get when I see a beautifully designed car, but some of the entries in C4DCafe's speaker rendering challenge have done just that

The iRiver Unit2 is a "multimedia station" that consists of a touchscreen Portable Media Player (PMP), dock, VoIP phone, and Wi-Fi. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The Apple-esque interface, its voice over IP internet telephone (yes, a telephone) and the removable 16:9 touchscreen make it look quite amazing

This incredible $6-million home theater consists of a Sony SRX-S110 Professional Video Projector , 18-by-10-foot Stewart Snowmatte Laboratory-Grade Motion Picture Screen, Mark Levinson N 51 DVD/CD Media Player, Theta Digital Generation VIII 32-bit 8x Oversampling Dual Processors, and Snell speakers. Click here for first picture in gallery.

All of this is crowded into a room that's not ginormous by any means, just 26.5 x 33 feet, with a single three-cushion menage-a-trois couch as the focal point for all 11,315 watts of juice

What could be better than watching movies outside on the big screen, with friends? This "Hagy Belzberg-designed Skyline residence" lets you do just that. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Nestled in the hills above Hollywood is a glass house that boasts one of the coolest open-air home theaters I've ever seen. You can flop on one of the sofas and watch a movie on an enormous screen, one of the outer walls of the guesthouse

Created by Connected Technologies, this "Vault" home theater room includes a giant bank vault door, cherry wood accents, mural, and comfortable seating. Equipment includes: a 106-inch Da-Lite screen and Sony VPL-VW100 projector. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Instead of just slapping a random bank vault door onto the room, Connected Technologies added cherry wood and a mural that ties everything together nicely. “There’s even a bag of money that acts as a door stop for the safe door,” Ridenour says. The decor also distracts viewers from the equipment rack, which is located at the back of the room for easy access