Eugene Polley
Eugene Joseph Polley (born November 29, 1915 in Chicago , Illinois as Eugene Theodore Polley , † May 20, 2012 in Downers Grove ) was an American engineer who invented wireless remote controls for televisions .
Life
Polley studied at the City Colleges of Chicago and the Armor Institute of Technology (now the Illinois Institute of Technology ), but left without a degree for financial reasons and took a position as a shelf filler at Zenith Electronics Corporation . Later he worked in the development department of the company in which it during the Second World War , among other radar systems developed for the Army.
In 1955 he developed the first wireless remote control, which came on the market as the Flash-Matic . Later he dealt with video cassettes , car radios with push buttons and the development of the video CD . Polley held a total of 18 patents .
After serving the company for 47 years, he retired in 1982. Polley passed away in May 2012 at the age of 96. Polley was married and had a son and a daughter.
Honors
- 1996: Emmy for technology and engineering
- 2009: IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award
literature
- Margalit Fox: Eugene Polley, Conjuror of a Device That Changed TV Habits, Dies at 96. Article in The New York Times , May 22, 2012, accessed May 3, 2018 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The inventor of the television remote control is dead . In: The world . May 23, 2012
- ^ TV remote control inventor Eugene Polley dies at 96 . In: BBC News . May 22, 2012
- ^ Margalit Fox: Eugene Polley, Conjuror of a Device That Changed TV Habits, Dies at 96 . In: The New York Times . May 22, 2012.
- ↑ List of Emmy Prize Winners Technology (PDF; 69 kB)
- ↑ List of the award winners ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award (PDF; 32 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polley, Eugene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Polley, Eugene Joseph (full name); Polley, Eugene Theodore (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 2012 |
| Place of death | Downers Grove |