Robert Adler (physicist)
Robert Adler (born December 4, 1913 in Vienna , † February 15, 2007 in Boise , Idaho , USA ) was an Austro-American physicist, electronics technician and inventor .
Life
Robert Adler was the son of the Austromarxist and sociologist Max Adler and of Jenny Herzmark (1877–1950), a doctor from Riga . Adler studied physics at the University of Vienna . In 1937 he wrote his dissertation with the title “About a highly sensitive differential manometer ”. Two years later he emigrated to Great Britain in 1939 and to the USA in 1940 because of the “Anschluss” and his Jewish descent . From 1941 he worked in the research laboratory of the Zenith Radio Corporation in Chicago until 1978. He became the vice president of the research division of Zenith in 1963. From 1978 to 1982 he was a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . He then worked until 1999 as a technical consultant for various companies in the IT industry such as Motorola and Elo Touch Systems.
In the course of his life, Adler had registered over 180 patents in the USA, the best known being his co-invention of the television remote control . Among other things, he also worked on the development of touch screens based on SAW phenomena.
His first wife died in 1993. Robert Adler left his second wife, Ingrid, in Northbrook , Illinois .
Awards
- 1967 "Inventor of the Year" from George Washington University for his inventions in the field of electronics and their applications in the areas of air traffic control , radar , television reception technology and FM radio systems
- 1980 IEEE Edison Medal
- 1998 Engineering Emmy Award (shared with other Zenith engineers) for pioneering the development of remote controls for television receivers
Web links
- Robert Adler on ieeeghn.org (English)
- "Zap, zap, zap - to the death of Robert Adler" , Heise Newsticker , February 19, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Reinhard Müller : Max Adler. Archive for the History of Sociology in Austria, May 2007, accessed on December 23, 2019 (biography).
- ^ Robert Adler ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Biography at the Austrian Society for the History of Computer Science.
- ↑ The inventor of the television remote control died ( memento of October 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), message on N24 of February 17, 2007.
- ↑ "IEEE History Center: Robert Adler, 1913 - 2007 ", 1980 ( Memento from February 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) viewed June 3, 2010 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adler, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-American physicist, electronics technician and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 2007 |
| Place of death | Boise , Idaho , USA |