What, however, slightly disturbing is that the use of the remote control requires a very high accuracy. So you have to make pretty accurate IR receiver relatively frontal, so that you will be noticed (what in other remote controls is not such a problem). Here stray IR diodes would certainly have been the better choice.
Alternatively, you can also join the local gun club to the target accuracy to obtain still standing even into old age. However, alcohol consumption associated could make the effect more naught.