Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96 - WSB Radio


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Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96
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He helped develop the push-button radio for automobiles and the video disk, a forerunner of today's DVD. Polley's invention made life easier — perhaps too easy — for a generation of children. "In my house, the remote control was named Rick," said ...
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Local man's invention & work continues to provide hope - Wink News


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Local man's invention & work continues to provide hope
Wink News
Sick from chemo one night, the former TV and radio station engineer got an idea to harness radio waves to kill cancer cells. Kanzius got out of bed, went to the garage, and went to work building a radio wave machine using his wife's pots and pans and a ...

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The Death Of An American Hero – The Inventor Of The Remote Control - CBS Local


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The Death Of An American Hero – The Inventor Of The Remote Control
CBS Local
He helped develop the push-button radio for cars and he was part of the team that started producing video disks that became the forerunners to the modern day DVD. In total, he worked as an engineer for Zenith for 47 years.

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Nikola Tesla vs. Thomas Edison: The Great Electric Catfight Continues - Who2 (blog)

Nikola Tesla vs. Thomas Edison: The Great Electric Catfight Continues
Who2 (blog)
Last week he published a funny and foul-mouthed screed philosophical review, hailing Nikola Tesla as "the greatest geek who ever lived" and crediting him with the invention of radio, radar, transistors, remote control, and wireless communications.

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Entrepreneurs share stories of getting businesses off the ground - Las Vegas Review - Journal

Entrepreneurs share stories of getting businesses off the ground
Las Vegas Review - Journal
To that end, he has begun a TV, radio and newspaper advertising campaign. Vickie Huchmala doesn't have an invention to sell. She began Gifted Baskets of Distinction and puts together gift baskets filled with snack products.

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Radio + iHeartRadio.com Show to Search for the Next Million Dollar Product or Idea - PR Web (press release)

Radio + iHeartRadio.com Show to Search for the Next Million Dollar Product or Idea
PR Web (press release)
My Cool Inventions Radio Show is looking for the next million dollar product. Television hosts Akos Jankura "The Solutionist" and John Cremeans "The Doctor of Shopology" are taking submissions of inventor's ideas at MyCoolInventions.com and then ...

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A way with words: How do we explain our world? - Minnesota Public Radio


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A way with words: How do we explain our world?
Minnesota Public Radio
Martha Barnette: Co-host of the public-radio show 'A Way with Words,' heard each week by listeners in more than 230 cities across North America, and around the world by podcast. We check in with The Daily Circuit linguists for the latest trends in ...

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Lost and Found Sounds by Captain Beefheart, Can and a Mother of Invention - RollingStone.com (blog)


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Lost and Found Sounds by Captain Beefheart, Can and a Mother of Invention
RollingStone.com (blog)
Don Preston was a busy mother in 1967: playing keyboards nightly at New York's Garrick Theater for Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, then spending his daylight with Zappa in the studio. Preston, a Michigan-born jazzman schooled in Stockhausen and ...

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The first 100 days - Nassau Guardian

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