No longer were programs endured simply because they were too lazy to get up off the couch . Eugene Bell , inventor of the wireless TV remote , dies at 96 . He worked for RCA when he created the ` ` Flash - Matic '' remote . ` ` It was a flash - like device to put photocells on the television , '' he says .
Eugene Bell , inventor of the wireless TV remote , dies at 96 . He worked for RCA when he created the ` ` Flash - Matic '' remote . ` ` It was a flash - like device to put photocells on the television , '' he says .