Saint in Paradise Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 TV watchers may want to hit the mute button for a moment of silence. The man who invented the remote control has died at the age of 96, the Chicago Sun Times says. Eugene Gene Polley died on Sunday in a Chicago hospital. Polley invented the first wireless TV remote control in 1955 while working as an engineer for Zenith Electronic in Chicago. He received a $US2000 ($A2024) bonus for his historic innovation but later earned an Emmy award in 1997 for his contributions to television. The company marketed the device as the Flash-Matic. "A flash of magic light from across the room turns set on, off or changes channels," a company advertisement said. "And you remain in your easy chair!" The device only worked with Zenith's Flash-Matic TV, using a light beam that controlled photo cells in each corner of the TV. .
CB Saint Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 The man responsible for a world of channel hopping idle fatties
Ohio Saint Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 He'll be turning over in his grave when he reads this. Then he'll keep turning over repeatedly until his batteries finally die.
Smirking_Saint Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 His family are making preperations for his funeral, but first they need to remember where they left him.
RonManager Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 (edited) He is to be buried down the back of a couch somewhere. Oh hell, now the bloody dog's run off with him. Edited 23 May, 2012 by RonManager Breaking news........
teedee38 Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 I guess his Head Stone will just have a Small Red Dot in the bottom left corner.
Ohio Saint Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 ^ | First ever post! That one up there! Did you register especially for that gag?
Liquidshokk Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 ^ | First ever post! That one up there! Did you register especially for that gag? Wouldn't it be top left, given that he invented the remote not the tv... Or am I missing the hilarious gag completely.
Ohio Saint Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 Wouldn't it be top left, given that he invented the remote not the tv... Or am I missing the hilarious gag completely. No, you are just being pedantic. I'm assuming he would have designed the red dot for the TV as well as the remote. I'm fairly sure he wouldn't have just invented the remote and waited for someone else to invent the other half of the system?
Liquidshokk Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 No, you are just being pedantic. I'm assuming he would have designed the red dot for the TV as well as the remote. I'm fairly sure he wouldn't have just invented the remote and waited for someone else to invent the other half of the system? Haha. But hang on, who's to say there wasn't a red power/standby light there before the remote? ( I wouldn't know, before my time I believe........)
Ohio Saint Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 Before there were remotes, there was magic.....and dragons, and wizards with long white beards. We never covered scientific developments in that era at school though.
hamster Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 Sad week, chopper man, gibbo, disco queen woman and remote control man. Imagine if those 4 had never bin born! Life would be so different.
Badger Posted 23 May, 2012 Posted 23 May, 2012 Sad week, chopper man, gibbo, disco queen woman and remote control man. Imagine if those 4 had never bin born! Life would be so different. Most of us probably missed the loss of a porn star you idolised when younger. Deepest condolences.
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