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 ...

Quote of the day by Nikola Tesla remains strikingly relevant in a world grappling with rapid technological change and ethical ...

Without today’s birthday boy, you might still be getting out of your chair every time you want to change the channel on the TV. Robert Adler, inventor of the first practical, wireless television ...

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 ...

A public memorial service will be held Friday for Joseph N. Jackson, a pioneering Black inventor who created a programmable television remote control. Jackson, an army veteran and former Hawthorne ...

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 ...