When you sit down on your couch or drop into the recliner tonight, and before tuning in to find out who wins “American Idol” take a run through the channels. Then, raise your remote in honor of Eugene ...

Eugene Polley died on Sunday at the age of 96. Polley is not a household name. But his invention, the TV remote control, is ubiquitous. What home doesn't have a couple of these, not one of which can ...

You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Imagine watching TV and trying to surf through hundreds of channels without a remote control. Well, you have Eugene Polley to thank for not ...

It's time now for your letters. Yesterday, we remembered Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless remote control. He died last weekend at the age of 96. Polley earned 18 U.S. patents in his ...

BOISE, Idaho - Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died. Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley for the ...