EUGENE POLLEY (1915-2012)
Invented first TV remote control.
You channel surfers take a moment to raise that remote and thank Mr. Polley who died at age 96 May 20th. He worked at Zenith Electronics from1935 to 1982. His Flash-Matic debuted in 1955 as a luxury option.
Even so, Mr. Polley always felt he did not get proper credit for the remore control. His used a beam of light. A year later, Robert Adler, a fellow Zenith researcher developed the Space Command remote that relied on high frequency chimes and it was this one that Zenith went with.
Of course, with today's cable selection, I sure wouldn't want to keep getting up to change channels, but I guess it would be good exercise.
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