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 ...

This week, George bought two groundbreaking tech devices: the first was the Flash-Matic remote control, the first wireless remote for a television and a relic from 1955; the second was the Apple iPad.

Eugene Polley, who invented the first wireless TV remote, has died. WARNING: Gizmodo link. Eugene J. Polley, a man best known for inventing the first wireless television remote control, died of ...