
Chicago: Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of hundreds of channels and viewing technologies it has become a necessity. Just ask anyone who's lost a remote. Polley died of natural causes Sunday at a suburban Chicago hospital, said Zenith Electronics spokesman John Taylor. The former Zenith...

01:47 PM, May 23, 2012

San Francisco: A patent application published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday showed that Apple is working on a universal touchscreen remote capable of controlling multiple devices, shedding lights on the company's much-anticipated plan on a smart TV product. The patent, titled "Apparatus and Method to Facilitate Universal Remote Control" was filed Septmeber 30, 2011, said that the remote will be capable of controlling multiple devices including...

03:47 PM, Jan 27, 2012

Using remote control too tiring? No worries. Just wave your hand. ...

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Here's a story of a remote controlled three-wheeler with some features of a limo, unbelievable as it may sound. ...

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