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Robert Adler died last week. He was an engineer for Zenith, and was in on one of the biggest inventions of our time, as I see it anyway. As the Associated Press obit notes:

Various sources have credited either [Eugene] Polley, another Zenith engineer, or Mr. Adler as the inventor of the device. Polley created the “Flashmatic,” a wireless remote introduced in 1955 that operated on photo cells. Mr. Adler introduced ultrasonics, or high-frequency sound, to make the device more efficient in 1956.

That’s right, this guy helped invent the clicker. Where we would we be without our clicks?