The man who created a million couch potatoes has died. Eugene Polley invented the world's first wireless television remote. He died of natural causes on Sunday at the age of 96 at the Advocate Good ...

Without today’s birthday boy, you might still be getting out of your chair every time you want to change the channel on the TV. Robert Adler, inventor of the first practical, wireless television ...

Eugene Polley earned 18 patents during his 47-year career The inventor of the television remote control has died at the age of 96, his former employer has said. Zenith Electronics said Eugene Polley ...

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 ...