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The remote control has become a device that is equal parts practical and frustrating. Many gripe that their remotes have too many buttons and are easily misplaced, and it’s inconvenient to sit down in ...

Several companies offer universal remote controls that ”learn” the commands of your existing handful (or armful) of remotes that control your TV, VCR and cable converter. In addition to being able to ...

A bit of fun. I came across a mention of this on a recent No Such Thing As A Fish podcast. It's the Zenith Lazy Bones TV remote control, the very first TV remote, apparently... I'd never heard of it ...

Inventor of the Zenith remote control Eugene Polley. Photo / AP With the news that the inventor of the remote control, Eugene Polley, has died, couch potatoes around the globe have mourned his passing ...