'Flash-matic' (remote control) inventor dies

The man who invented the remote control has died at the age of 96.

'Flash-matic' (remote control) inventor dies

The man who invented the remote control has died at the age of 96.

Eugene Polley inspired a generation of channel hoppers when he developed a device called the Flash-Matic in 1955.

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