The first remote intended to control a television was developed by Zenith Radio Corporation in 1950. The remote, called "Lazy Bones '', was connected to the television by a wire. A wireless remote control, the "Flashmatic '', was developed in 1955 by Eugene Polley. It worked by shining a beam of light onto a photoelectric cell, but the cell did not distinguish between light from the remote and light from other sources. The Flashmatic also had to be pointed very precisely at the receiver in order to work.
when was the first remote control tv invented
1950