There's a new remote control technology currently in development in Japan that promises advanced voice recognition integration. As of current, voice recognition technology is far from perfect to say the least, but the team from Oki and Waseda University claims that what they're developing could do more than just recognize voices.

Apparently, a remote control with the technology could recognize its user's voice among all the other voices and ambient noise. Four microphones will be integrated into the remote control and an algorithm then analyzes voice frequency, focusing on the human voice coming directly in front of it, ignoring all the other sounds from peripheral locations. That makes one master of all the devices in your home theater system, so you better make sure the technology doesn't end up in the wrong hands (insert creepy music here).