Who invented the remote control?

A very tricky thing to figure out!

I am reminded that in the early days of steam a man discovered a way to get his job done (turning valves off and on in sequence) with out being on the job- he as at the pub. That is remote control in a way.

So a lot depends on how one defines remote control.

While I guess it could be said it was invented- it actually is just the adaptation of existing inventions.

Someone far far away...

That is called something you can look up.

I googled that question, there was a solid answer that came up in 2 seconds. Bet you could do that too.

scientist

Eugene Polley.

Someone who was fed up from getting up off his *** to manually change the channel.

Are you referring to a remote control for a television or something else like guided missiles? Robert Adler began working for the Zenith Company in the 1940's and was granted patents for television remote controls. Tesla also worked on a remote device in the late 19th Century. You really need to do some research.

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Sony.