Robert Adler

Robert Adler (December 4, 1913 – February 15, 2007) was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents. He was known for creating wireless remote control for televisions.

Adler died in a Boise, Idaho nursing home of heart failure at age 93 years old.

Other websites
Inventor of the Week Archive - Robert Adler
Robert Adler: Biography of the Inventor Who Made Life Easier for Couch Potatoes 
Man who glued TV watchers to the couch dies
The Inventor Who Deserves a Sitting Ovation - The Washington Post
Robert Adler, 94; Engineer, Co-Inventor of TV Remote Control - The Washington Post
Obituary , The Independent, 22 February 2007
 Obituary , The Daily Telegraph, 13 March 2007
Obituary and Archive of American Television interview description
Biography from IEEE

Category:1913 births
Category:2007 deaths
Category:Deaths from heart failure
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Category:American inventors
Category:Scientists from Vienna