U-Eugene Polley, injineli yoomatshini evela eChicago, wasungula i-remote yokuqala yeTV ngo-1955, enye yezona zixhobo zisetyenziswa kakhulu kwihlabathi liphela.
UPolly wayengunjineli waseChicago ozifundise ngokwakhe owasungula i-remote yeTV ngo-1955.
Ucinga ngekamva apho singasoze sivuke esofeni okanye sishukumise izihlunu (ngaphandle kweminwe yethu).
UPolly uchithe iminyaka engama-47 eZenith Electronics, esuka ekubeni ngumgcini-mpahla ukuya ekubeni ngumqambi onobuchule. Uphuhlise amalungelo awodwa omenzi wezinto ezili-18 ezahlukeneyo.
U-Eugene Polley wasungula ulawulo lokuqala olungenazingcingo lwe-Zenith Flash-Matic TV ngo-1955. Ulawula ityhubhu ngokukhanya okukhulu. (Zenith Electronics)
Eyona nto ibalulekileyo awayenzayo yayikukusebenzisa i-remote control yokuqala yeTV engenazingcingo, eyaziwa ngokuba yiFlash-Matic. Ezinye izixhobo zokulawula zangaphambili zazifakwe kwiTV.
I-Flash-Matic kaPolly yathatha indawo yetekhnoloji yokulawula kude yeTV eyayisaziwa ngelo xesha, eyayineminyaka esi-8 ubudala.
Ukususela ekuqaleni komabonwakude, olu hlobo lomsebenzi wabantu oludala nolungathembekanga luye lwanyanzeleka ukuba luhambe lubuyela umva luze lubuyele umva, lutshintsha iindlela ngokucelwa ngabantu abadala kunye nabantakwabo abadala.
I-Flash-Matic ijongeka ngathi yi-sci-fi ray gun. Ilawula ityhubhu ngokukhanya okukhulu.
“Xa abantwana betshintsha imijelo, badla ngokunyanzeleka ukuba balungise neendlebe zabo zoonogwaja,” kuqhula uZenith isekela-mongameli omkhulu kunye nombhali-mbali wenkampani uJohn Taylor.
Njengezigidi zabantu baseMelika abaneminyaka engaphezu kwama-50 ubudala, uTaylor wachitha ubutsha bakhe ecofa amaqhosha kumabonwakude wosapho simahla.
Kwingxelo yeendaba yomhla we-13 kweyeSilimela ngo-1955, uZenith wabhengeza ukuba iFlash-Matic yayibonelela “ngohlobo olutsha olumangalisayo lwethelevishini”.
Ngokutsho kukaZenith, le mveliso intsha “isebenzisa ukukhanya okuvela kwisixhobo esincinci esimile okwempu ukuvula nokucima iTV, ukutshintsha iitshaneli, okanye ukuvala iintengiso ezinde.”
Isibhengezo sikaZenith siyaqhubeka: “Umlingo (ongenabungozi ebantwini) wenza wonke umsebenzi. Akukho zingcingo ezixhonyiweyo okanye iingcingo zokudibanisa ezifunekayo.”
I-Zenith Flash-Matic yayiyeyona remote control yokuqala yeTV engenazingcingo, eyaziswa ngo-1955 kwaye yenzelwe ukufana nesibhamu se-space age ray. (UJean Pauly Jr.)
“Kwabaninzi, yeyona nto isetyenziswa kakhulu kubomi bemihla ngemihla,” utshilo lo mqambi osele ethathe umhlala-phantsi kwiSports Illustrated ngo-1999.
Namhlanje, izinto ezintsha azenzileyo ziyabonakala kuyo yonke indawo. Uninzi lwabantu lunee-remote ezininzi zeTV ekhaya, ezininzi eofisini okanye emsebenzini, mhlawumbi enye kwi-SUV.
UBarbara Walters ushiya umyalezo malunga 'nokuzahlula' kwakhe ebuntwaneni kunye nokuba yintoni eyamkhokelela empumelelweni
Kodwa ngubani onefuthe ngakumbi kubomi bethu yonke imihla? Udumo luka-Eugene Polley ngokuvelisa i-remote yeTV lwaqala lwaya kwinjineli ekhuphisana nayo, ngoko ke kwafuneka alwele ilifa lakhe.
Zombini zivela ePoland. Unyana womqambi, uGene Polley Jr., uxelele iFox Digital News ukuba uVeronica wayevela kwintsapho etyebileyo kodwa watshata negusha emnyama.
Umsunguli we-TV remote control uEugene Polley kunye nomkakhe uBlanche (Willy) (ekhohlo) kunye nonina uVeronica. (Ngobubele bukaGene Polly Jr.)
“Wagqibela egqatsela isikhundla sokuba yirhuluneli yase-Illinois.” Wade waqhayisa ngobudlelwane bakhe ne-White House. “Utata wadibana nomongameli esengumntwana,” wongezelela uJin Jr.
"Utata wayenxiba iimpahla ezindala. Akukho mntu wamncedayo ngemfundo yakhe" - uGene Polley Jr.
Nangona uyise wayenamabhongo nobudlelwane, imali yosapho lukaPolly yayincinci.
“Utata wayenxibe iimpahla ezindala,” utshilo uPolly omncinci. “Akukho mntu wayefuna ukumnceda ngemfundo yakhe.”
Dibana nomMelika owaseka ibha yezemidlalo yokuqala yaseMelika eSt. Louis.Louis: Igqala leMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini uJimmy Palermo
Yasekwa eChicago ngo-1921 liqela lamaqabane aquka u-Eugene F. McDonald, igqala leMfazwe Yehlabathi yokuQala yoMkhosi wamanzi wase-US, iZenith ngoku licandelo le-LG Electronics.
Ukukhuthala, izakhono zokuhlela kunye nobuchule bokukwazi ukwenza izinto ngendlela kaPolly kwatsala ingqalelo yomphathi.
Xa iMelika yangena kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini ngeminyaka yoo-1940, uPolly wayeyinxalenye yeqela lobunjineli leZenith elaliphuhlisa inkqubo enkulu yezixhobo zikaMalume uSam.
UPolly uncedise ekuphuhliseni i-radar, izibuko zokubona ebusuku, kunye nee-proximity fuses, ezisebenzisa amaza erediyo ukudubula izixhobo kumgama othile ukusuka kwindawo ekujoliswe kuyo.
Ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini, uPolly wanceda ekuphuhliseni i-radar, izibuko zokubona ebusuku, kunye nee-fise zokusondela, izixhobo ezisebenzisa amaza erediyo ukutshisa iimbumbulu.
Inkcubeko yabathengi emva kwemfazwe eMelika yanda kakhulu, kwaye uZenith wayephambili kwimarike kamabonakude ekhula ngokukhawuleza.
UWhitney Carson, ingcali yokudanisa neenkwenkwezi, udize isini somntwana wesibini nomyeni wakhe uCarson McAllister
Nangona kunjalo, uAdmiral MacDonald ngomnye wabo bacatshukiswe yingxaki yosasazo lukamabonakude: ukuphazamiseka kwezorhwebo. Wayalela ukuba kwenziwe i-remote ukuze akwazi ukucima isandi phakathi kweenkqubo. Kakade ke, abaphathi nabo babona ithuba lokufumana inzuzo.
UPolly wayila inkqubo enomabonwakude onee-photocells ezine, enye kwikona nganye yekhonsoli. Abasebenzisi banokutshintsha umfanekiso nesandi ngokukhomba iFlash-Matic kwi-photocell efanelekileyo eyakhelwe kwiTV.
U-Eugene Polley wasungula ithelevishini elawulwa kude ngo-1955 kwiZenith. Kuloo nyaka mnye, wafaka isicelo selungelo elilodwa lomenzi egameni lenkampani, elanikwa ngo-1959. Liquka inkqubo yeefotoseli zokufumana imiqondiso ngaphakathi kwikhonsoli. (USPTO)
“Emva kweveki, umphathi-mkhosi wathi ufuna ukuyivelisa. Yathengiswa kakhulu – babengenakukwazi ukumelana neemfuno.”
“Umphathi-mkhosi uMcDonald wayeyonwabele kakhulu ingcinga kaPolly ethi Flash-Matic,” utshilo uZenith kwibali lenkampani. Kodwa kungekudala “wayalela iinjineli ukuba zihlole ezinye iiteknoloji zesizukulwana esilandelayo.”
I-remote kaPolly inemida yayo. Ngokukodwa, ukusetyenziswa kwemitha yokukhanya kuthetha ukuba ukukhanya okukufutshane, njengokukhanya kwelanga okuphuma endlwini, kunokutshabalalisa iTV.
Emva konyaka iFlash-Matic ifikelele kwimarike, uZenith wazisa imveliso entsha yeSpace Command, eyilwe yinjineli kunye nomsunguli ophumeleleyo uGqr. Robert Adler. Oku kuhluke kakhulu kubuchwepheshe, kusetyenziswa i-ultrasound endaweni yokukhanya ukuqhuba iityhubhu.
Ngo-1956, iZenith yazisa isizukulwana esitsha see-remote zeTV ezibizwa ngokuba yiSpace Command. Yayilwe nguGqr. Robert Adler. Yayilulawulo lokuqala olukude olufana nolwe-"clicker", oluthatha indawo yetekhnoloji yokulawula olukude eyadalwa yinjineli yeZenith u-Eugene Polley. (Zenith Electronics)
I-Space Command "yakhelwe ngeentonga ze-aluminiyam ezikhaphukhaphu ezivelisa isandi esivakala kakhulu xa sibethelwa kwelinye icala ... zisikwa ngononophelo ngokobude kwaye zivelise ii-frequency ezine ezahlukeneyo kancinci."
Le yiremote control yokuqala "enqakrazayo" - isandi sokunqakraza xa isando esincinci sibetha esiphelweni sentonga yealuminiyam.
Kungekudala uGqr. Robert Adler wathatha indawo ka-Eugene Polley emehlweni eshishini njengomsunguli we-remote control yeTV.
IHolo yoDumo yeSizwe yabaQambi inika u-Adler udumo njengomqambi we-remote yokuqala yeTV "esebenzayo". UPolly akalolungu le-Inventors Club.
“U-Adler wayedume ngokulindela umsebenzi wokubambisana nabanye oonjineli beZenith,” utshilo uPolly Jr., wongeza athi, “Kwamcaphukisa kakhulu utata.”
UDisemba, namhlanje kwimbali. Ngomhla wama-28 kuDisemba ngo-1958, amaColts oyise amaGiants kumdlalo "oMkhulu kunayo yonke" kwi-NFL Championship.
UPolly, injineli yoomatshini ezifundise ngokwakhe engenaso isidanga saseyunivesithi, waphuma kwindawo yokugcina izinto.
“Andithandi ukumbiza ngokuba yikhola eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka,” utsho umbhali-mbali uZenith Taylor. “Kodwa wayengunjineli woomatshini ombi kakhulu, umntu waseChicago ombi kakhulu.”
Ixesha leposi: Julayi-25-2023
