Forget Facebook, Here is Someone Who Made Something Useful

Eugene Polley died recently.  Here is his obit

He invented the wireless remote.

He is one of my heroes.  I can watch multiple sporting events, switch around during the news, or even turn off the TV from my couch.

And the wireless remote isn't a fad, it isn't ephemeral, it doesn't have a shelf life of nanoseconds in order to make some dot.com kid rich.

Like Boeing, Ford, MacArthur, Hewlitt, Packard...Polley gave us a legacy that continues to be useful.

Rest in peace.