PITTSBURGH, Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be an easy and eye-catching way to activate Christmas lights and other electronic holiday décor," said an inventor, from Wichita¸ Kan., ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a more timely and convenient means of locating a misplaced remote control," said an inventor, from Brooklyn, N.Y., "so I invented the ...

PITTSBURGH, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — “I wanted to create a portable way to control the speed of cars traveling around construction zones,” said an inventor, from Pittsburgh, Pa., “so I invented ...

CHICAGO — TV watchers have cause to lift their remote controls for a moment of silence. Eugene Polley, 96, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, died Sunday, according to Zenith Electronics, ...

February 17, 2007 The man who invented the remote control for the television, Dr. Robert Adler, died this week, giving us a timely reminder of just how fast technology is progressing. Dr. Adler's ...