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The First Clicker

  • April 8, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The first TV remote control was named “Lazy Bones”! Created by the Zenith Radio Corporation in 1950, it connected to the TV by a wire. In 1955, the company introduced the first wireless remote, the “Flashmatic,” which used a beam of light to change channels.

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