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The remote control: The tiny device that changed how we interact with technology

If the TV remote hadn’t been invented, channel surfers and couch potatoes would have to argue about something else. Come to think of it, those surfers and potatoes might not even exist. It may be difficult for anyone under 40 to understand, but there was a time when changing a channel meant getting up, walking over to the “television set” and turning a “dial.” Scientists at Zenith Electronics recognized a problem that needed to be solved fairly …
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Electronic Products & Technology broke the news on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
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