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Previously on "Where would you be without your Flash-Matic?"
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I invented the remote control and designed a long pole with a piece of rubber on the end.
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Originally posted by doodab View PostProbably cost and size. IR frequencies are pretty easy to get in and out of semiconductors e.g. diodes & photocells, and these components are cheap and small whereas suitable radio equipment is fairly bulky and even today much more expensive.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostI sometimes wonder (and wished) why TV remotes can't use radio waves rather than infrared, as the former travels better through bed sheets etc. Still, with the rise of the smartphone that will no doubt be the future.
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I sometimes wonder (and wished) why TV remotes can't use radio waves rather than infrared, as the former travels better through bed sheets etc. Still, with the rise of the smartphone that will no doubt be the future.
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If ms doodab has left the remote on the table I have to walk past the TV to get it so I often use the buttons on the side of the telly instead.
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My nans first remote plugged into the TV when you didn't need it, my granddad insisted on leaving it in the TV to save on batteries.
There was an early Sony sonic remote that had 2 buttons, if you did a loud 'SShusssh' the TV would mute.
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Originally posted by zeitghostA bit like this one, you mean?
Remote control television, 1956. -- High quality art prints, canvases, postcards, mugs -- SSPL Prints
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Where would you be without your Flash-Matic?
It all started in 1955
The inventor of the television remote control has died at the age of 96, his former employer has said.
Zenith Electronics said Eugene Polley passed away of natural causes on Sunday at a Chicago hospital.
His 1955 invention, Flash-Matic, pointed a beam of light at photo cells on each corner of the TV, turning it off and on and changing the channels.
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