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Eugene Polley (November 29, 1915 – May 20, 2012) was an electrical engineer and engineering manager for Zenith Electronics who invented the first wireless remote control for television. Life and career
Doro AB, known as Doro, is a Swedish consumer electronics and assistive technology company focused on the elderly and improving the lives of seniors. Founded in 1974 in Sweden as a challenger to the state-run telecommuncations monopoly, the company develops communications products and services designed primarily for the elderly, such as mobile phones and telecare systems. [2]
Conflicting Communication Interests in America: The Case of National Public Radio (Praeger, 1999) online; Ray, William B. FCC: The Ups and Downs of Radio-TV Regulation (Iowa State University Press, 1990) Rosen, Philip T. The Modern Stentors; Radio Broadcasting and the Federal Government 1920–1934 (Greenwood, 1980) Settel, Irving.
On August 1, 1966, the Browns submitted a patent application for their invention. Their attorneys were Polacheck and Saulsbury, a New York firm. [1]The invention consisted, at the door, of an electrically controlled lock, several lensed peepholes with covers, a vertically sliding video scanner (camera) and controlling motors, loudspeaker and microphone as well as associated electronics ...
18 November 1963: AT&T commences the first subscriber Touch-Tone service in the towns of Carnegie and Greensburg, Pennsylvania, using push-button telephones that replaced rotary dial instruments. 31 May 1965: The world's first electronic switching system commences commercial service in Succasunna, New Jersey, in form of the 1ESS.
The Zenith Flash-Matic was the first wireless remote control, invented by Eugene Polley in 1955. It had only one button that was used to power on and off, channel up, channel down, and mute. The Flash-matic's phototechnology was a significant innovation in television and allowed for wireless signal transfer previously exclusive to radio. [1] [2]
Thirty-five years ago, users heard the infamous dial-up sound for the first time. The '80s were a decade defined by major technological innovations, big hair, cult-classic movies and the start of ...
The religious pirate radio station operated by Carl McIntire in 1973; see also Pirate radio in North America#Stations from international waters A former name of Dave Emory 's talk radio show A right-wing political radio show hosted by Tom Valentine in the late 1980s and 1990s, heard originally on the Sun Radio Network but later only on ...