RIP Eugene Polley

[Warborg]

Ok...everyone is wondering who this guy is.

He is the guy that invented the TV remote control, which is one of the most hidden treasures we use today.

The inventor of the TV remote, Eugene Polley, died on Sunday at 96.

After his death was announced on Tuesday, the Internet paused -- get it? -- to remember the man and the wireless television remote control, which ushered in the era of channel surfing and couch potatoes.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/tech/innovation/tv-remote-inventor-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_c3