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Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote, RIP
Eugene Polley, inventor of the wireless TV remote control, has died. The former engineer for Zenith was 96. The first TV with the technology, called Flash-Matic tuning, hit stores in 1955. From the AP: The TV came with a green ray gun-shaped contraption with a red trigger. The advertising promised "TV miracles." The "flash tuner" [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/4sW2vFWEYSI/eugene-polley-inventor-of-the.html
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