On his death at the age of 96, the US inventor Eugene Polley has received the accolade he wanted most: to be recognised as the father of the TV remote control. As he told the Baltimore Sun in November ...

Eugene Polley should be ther most popular man on the planet. He left a legacy of leisure that billions of people lean upon each and every day, often for hours on end. Polley, a self-taught mechanical ...

Eugene Polley, the czar of zapping, dies. Kansas City love for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. TV tweet of the day so far. Eugene Polley, inventor of the 'Flash-Matic,' the first wireless TV remote ...

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The inventor of one of the most deceptively pernicious devices known to consumers -- and the advertisers who love them -- has passed away. “The Flash-Matic remote, which worked like a flashlight, was ...

Eugene J. Polley, a man best known for inventing the first wireless television remote control, died of natural causes on Sunday at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois. He was ...

Whenever someone leaves the earth having changed it, we like to make note of it. Not just the famous or notorious, but also obscure people who dreamed up something memorable or useful in our everyday ...

This week, George bought two groundbreaking tech devices: the first was the Flash-Matic remote control, the first wireless remote for a television and a relic from 1955; the second was the Apple iPad.

The former Zenith engineer died of natural causes Sunday in suburban Chicago. By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up ...

The inventor of the first wireless TV remote control, Eugene Polley, has died aged 96. TV enthusiasts everywhere have Polley to thank for hours of feet-up, channel surfing. His invention began as a ...

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