Submission + - Inventor of the TV remote control dies (chicagotribune.com)
futuristic writes: "A spokesman for Zenith Electronics says Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control, has died.....Couch potatoes everywhere have Polley to thank for hours of feet-up, channel surfing. His invention began as a luxury, but has become a necessity in an era of hundreds of TV channels and home theaters. Just ask anyone who's lost a remote."