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 ...

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 ...

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.

Eugene Polley, who invented the first wireless TV remote, has died. WARNING: Gizmodo link. Eugene J. Polley, a man best known for inventing the first wireless television remote control, died of ...

CHICAGO — TV watchers have cause to lift their remote controls for a moment of silence. Eugene Polley, 96, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, died Sunday, according to Zenith Electronics, ...

The remote control, debuting in 1955, revolutionized the television landscape by placing the power of choice in viewers' ...

Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless television remote control, has died of natural causes at the age of 96. Polley's pioneering invention helped transform the television experience, as ...

Couch potatoes worldwide held a moment of silence this week for Eugene Polley, inventor of the world’s first wireless TV remote control – the Flash-Matic. Colley’s invention is one of a handful of ...