{DSG}DarkRaven
02-19-2007, 11:53 PM
Robert Adler, a prolific inventor who was best known for co-inventing (with Eugene Polley) the wireless TV remote control for Zenith in 1956, has died of heart failure in Boise at age 93. He joined Zenith in 1941 and remained with the company until 1999 when it was acquired by South Korea's LG Electronics. In its obituary -- headlined "The Inventor Who Deserves a Sitting Ovation" -- the Washington Post observed that Adler received more than 180 patents during his lifetime, but that it was the wireless remote that "revolutionized an industry ... and bedeviled, edified and otherwise sustained a grateful nation of couch potatoes ever since its introduction."
Truly, a pioneer has passed from our company. Happy trails, good sir.
Truly, a pioneer has passed from our company. Happy trails, good sir.