Wireless remote control
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- Date
- 1955-1956 · confidence high
- Place
- Zenith, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Credited to
- Eugene Polley (Flash-Matic, 1955) and Robert Adler (ultrasonic Space Command, 1956)
- People
- 👤 Eugene Polley1915–2012👤 Robert Adler1913–2007
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A device for controlling the television without getting up, first using light and later ultrasound and infrared. It changed the way television was consumed.
What it led to
- Channel-hopping and audience fragmentation
- Home automation and the remote control of any appliance
- Advertising designed not to be skipped
Built on
Made possible
- home automation
- infrared remote control