Eugene Polley should be ther most popular man on the planet. He left a legacy of leisure that billions of people lean upon each and every day, often for hours on end. Polley, a self-taught mechanical ...

PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "The remote control is often misplaced in a seat cushion or under furniture. I wanted to create a timesaving way to locate it," said an inventor, from Leesburg ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a more timely and convenient means of locating a misplaced remote control," said an inventor, from Brooklyn, N.Y., "so I invented the ...

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 15, 2020 "I wanted to create a way to keep your TV remote, DVD remote and all your other remote controls together and organized in one place," said an inventor, from Water Valley, ...

CHICAGO — TV watchers have cause to lift their remote controls for a moment of silence. Eugene Polley, 96, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, died Sunday, according to Zenith Electronics, ...