the.com/remote control
the device that turned couches into command centers and marriages into channel wars.
means a handheld gadget that lets you operate machinery from a distance, usually via infrared or radio signals.
from nikola tesla patented a radio-controlled boat in 1898, but the couch-potato version arrived in 1950 with zenith's 'lazy bones,' a clunky wired box that tripped up entire living rooms.
first wireless onezenith's 1955 flash-matic used an actual flashlight beam
lost object championaverage american spends 12 minutes weekly hunting for one
buttons unusedmost owners regularly use fewer than 10 percent of them
for instance
zenith flash-matic — 1955, aimed light at photocells on the tv corners
space command — 1956 zenith model using ultrasonic clicks, ran on batteries
apple remote — 2005 aluminum sliver that shipped with every new mac
universal remote — logitech harmony line, once controlled 270000+ devices