We use his invention every single day of our lives; his creation has rescued many a television viewer from the agony of a bad TV program, simply by changing the channel with the click of a button.
Robert Adler, who passed away today at the age of 93, probably was an unknown name too many of us, be he was most likely the most important guy to ever visit your television room. He was the co-creator of the television remote, a project that he worked on with a fellow by the name of Eugene Pollard for Zenith. By the late fifties Adler and Pollard had put the finishing touches on their wireless converter, through the sixties they refined their product that remained the standard until the infra red versions that we use today.
Adler was a rather creative fellow; he had right up until this year applied for patents on 180 different electronic devices, the last being a patent on touch screen technology. He spent sixty years with Zenith the last of the big American television companies which merged with LG electronics back in 1999.
He’s probably one of the most recognized of American inventors that we have never heard of. In his memory we should change the channel tonight and thank him for the mainstay of our everyday television routine!
Robert Adler, who passed away today at the age of 93, probably was an unknown name too many of us, be he was most likely the most important guy to ever visit your television room. He was the co-creator of the television remote, a project that he worked on with a fellow by the name of Eugene Pollard for Zenith. By the late fifties Adler and Pollard had put the finishing touches on their wireless converter, through the sixties they refined their product that remained the standard until the infra red versions that we use today.
Adler was a rather creative fellow; he had right up until this year applied for patents on 180 different electronic devices, the last being a patent on touch screen technology. He spent sixty years with Zenith the last of the big American television companies which merged with LG electronics back in 1999.
He’s probably one of the most recognized of American inventors that we have never heard of. In his memory we should change the channel tonight and thank him for the mainstay of our everyday television routine!
If only the programming was as dependable as the invention he gave us!
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