wiegie Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Man who glued TV watchers to the couch diesPOSTED: 5:45 p.m. EST, February 16, 2007 BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote has died. Robert Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley for the device that made couch potatoship possible, died Thursday of heart failure at a Boise nursing home at 93, Zenith Electronics Corp. said Friday. In his six-decade career with Zenith, Adler was a prolific inventor, earning more than 180 U.S. patents. He was best known for his 1956 Zenith Space Command remote control, which helped make TV a truly sedentary pastime. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded Adler and co-inventor Polley, another Zenith engineer, an Emmy in 1997 for the landmark invention. Adler joined Zenith's research division in 1941 after earning a doctorate in physics from the University of Vienna. He retired as research vice president in 1979, and served as a technical consultant until 1999, when Zenith merged with LG Electronics Inc. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published his most recent patent application, for advances in touch screen technology, on February 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabuffbills Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 this is a sad day for lazy people everywhere one of them being me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 R.I.P., Mr. Remote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 As a salute, I shall get myself off the sofa, walk to the set, and hit the off button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 At first I thought it was dan pastorini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Grits doesn't care. And niether do I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Thank God! I thought this was going to be about Bea Arthur! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 He just watched the movie "Click" and his life was complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 As a salute, I shall get myself off the sofa, walk to the set, and hit the off button. NOOOOOO!!!!!! Don't do it Man!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankk Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Whew! I thought you were referring to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerbraves Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Invention of the TV remote ranks right up there with the invention of the koozy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Invention of the TV remote ranks right up there with the invention of the koozy. Decided to shed the Dixie Normous monniker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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