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 ...

CHICAGO, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Best known as the inventor of the first wireless remote control for television, Eugene J. Polley started his career with Zenith Radio Corporation (now ...

(AP) CHICAGO - Television lovers everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel changing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the ...

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 ...

Eugene Polley, the engineer at Zenith who came up with the idea for the first wireless TV remote, has died at the age of 96. Best known as the inventor of the first wireless remote control for ...

His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of hundreds of channels and viewing technologies it has become a necessity. Just ask anyone who's lost a ...

A bit of fun. I came across a mention of this on a recent No Such Thing As A Fish podcast. It's the Zenith Lazy Bones TV remote control, the very first TV remote, apparently... I'd never heard of it ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dr. Robert Adler, a prolific inventor in the field of television, but best known for his work ...

CHICAGO — Eugene Polley, an electronics engineer who revolutionized American leisure by inventing the wireless TV remote control, a gadget that also featured the first mute function to silence the ...

CHICAGO - Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of ...