ivica.novakovic writes:

Turn ON or OFF electrical devices using remote control is not a new idea and you can find so many different devices doing that very well. For realization of this type of device, you must make a receiver, a transmitter and understand their way of communication. Here you will have a chance to make that device, but you will need to make only the receiver, because your transmitter will be the remote controller of your tv, or video. This is one simple example of this kind of device, and I will call it IrOn-Off or Ir-switch…

IrOn-Off: Control your devices with an IR remote controller - [Link]