The first TV remote control was developed by Zenith Radio Cooperation in 1950, and the lead engineer was Robert Adler. In 1956, Robert Adler invented the wireless remote control for TV. However Adler was not of African descent.
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The first TV remote control, called "Lazy Bones," was developed in 1950 by Zenith Electronics Corporation (then known as Zenith Radio Corporation). Lazy Bones used a cable that ran from the TV set to the viewer. In 1956, Zenith's Dr. Robert Adler suggested using "ultrasonic's," that is, high-frequency sound, beyond the range of human hearing. He was assigned to lead a team of engineers to work on the first use of ultrasonic's technology in the home as a new approach for a remote control.
Robert Adler, who worked for Zenith is credited with inventing the remote control for television. Robert Adler also invented the hand-held blow dryer for hair, a weather radio, and push button channel selectors for televisions.
Robert Adler invented the first workable wireless remote control for the television. Born in Austria, he earned his doctorate in physics at Vienna, then fled the Nazis, first coming to England, then America, where he was hired by Zenith in 1941.
The first American television was created in the year 1927. The location that the first American television was created in was the city known as San Francisco, California.
George Washington didn't have a favorite TV show because they weren't invented back then.