R.I.P. Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote control [Video]

By David Lazarus

May 22, 2012, 11:29 a.m.

Amid all the ballyhoo over what a bold visionary Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is, let's pause for a moment to appreciate the work of Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote control, who has died at age 96.
Think about it. Before Polley's brainstorm, people actually had to get up out of their seats and cross the room to change TV channels.

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