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We remember remote-control inventor Eugene Polley, who's affected your life more than any other man … except maybe your dad.
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If it weren't for Eugene J. Polley, flipping TV channels would be an exhausting and tedious undertaking. Polley, after all, invented the world's first wireless TV remote. He died of natural causes on Sunday, at the age of 96. Accord... Read Post

Eugene Polley, the inventor of the wireless remote control, has died aged 96. Polley was already 20 years into his career with Zenith Electronics when he came up with the Flash-Matic. Before then, users either had to get a set with ... Read Post

A spokesman for Zenith Electronics says Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control, has died. Read Post