Using this circuit This add-on circuit you can control an small electric motor using an common TV video remote control handset operating at 30–40 kHz.

When the circuit is energized from a 6V battery, the decade counter CD4017 (IC2), which is
configured as a toggle flip-flop, is immediately reset by the power-on reset combination of capacitor C3 and resistor R6.

When any key on the remote control handset is depressed, the output of the IR receiver momentarily transits through low state and transistor T1 conducts. As a result, the monostable is triggered and a short pulse is applied to the clock input (pin 14) of IC2, which takes Q1 output(pin 2) of IC2 high to switch on motor driver transistor T2 via base bias resistor
R7 and the motor starts rotating continously .

When any key on the handset is depressed again, the monostable is retriggered to reset decade counter IC2 and the motor is switched off.
Since the circuit uses modulated infrared beam for control function, ambient light reflections will not affect the circuit operation. However, fluorescent tubelights with electronic ballasts and CFL lamps may cause malfunctioning of the circuit .
For this project you will need a small 6 volts dc motor .