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Irish Amateur Inventor Giving Away His Patentable Ideas In New Book To Boost Employment
pr.com 1 day, 13 hours agoAt Home Inventor decides to publish all of his ideas for products and services without any patent protection, in a uniquely risky bid to boost employment in his home country. [PR.com]
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Eugene Polley, Inventor Of TV Remote, Dies At 96
toptechnews.com 3 days, 4 hours agoCouch 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 engineer was 96. In 1955, if you wanted to switch TV channels from "Arthur Go

















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