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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

PITTSBURGH, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — “I wanted to create a portable way to control the speed of cars traveling around construction zones,” said an inventor, from Pittsburgh, Pa., “so I invented ...