Where does the TV remote keep disappearing to?

The answer

In this made-up case from Matter of Record Files, the TV remote had vanished again. Inspector Fig checked under the newspaper, inside the fruit bowl, and the fridge, and then looked at the cat, who kept glancing at the sofa. He lifted the sofa cushion, and there it was, wedged deep in the crack next to three coins and a crayon. The short ends with a bonus tip: most remotes send digitally coded pulses of infrared light, which the human eye can't see. The tip is to point a remote at your phone's camera and press a button. On many phones, you may be able to see the light flash.