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    The Zenith Flash-Matic was the first wireless remote control, invented by Eugene Polley in 1955. It had only one button that was used to power on and...
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    Eugene Polley (redirect from Flash-Matic)
    the U.S. Department of Defense. His 1955 invention, marketed as the Flash-Matic, used visible light to remotely control a television outfitted with four...
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    Hi-Matic was the name of a long-running series of 35 mm cameras made by Minolta. The original Hi-Matic of 1962 was the first Minolta camera to feature...
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  • a vast improvement over previous remote control systems. The "Zenith Flash-Matic" remote control, invented by Eugene Polley, another engineer at Zenith...
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    zenith.com. Retrieved August 17, 2018. "Remembering Eugene Polley and his Flash-Matic remote (photos)". cnet.com. May 23, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2018....
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    found in the aquarium trade. As with other members of this genus, the "flashing" mating behaviour involves short, quick dashes through the water column by...
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    electrically erased and reprogrammed. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for the NOR and NAND logic gates. Both use the...
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  • 1950s radio receivers. The 1955 Flash-Matic remote system, invented by Eugene Polley, used a highly directional photo flash tube in the hand held unit that...
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    A flash drive (also thumb drive [US], geek stick[citation needed] [US], memory stick [UK], and pen drive/pendrive elsewhere) is a data storage device...
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    Firefly (redirect from Firefly flashing)
    this was co-opted as a mating signal in the adults. In a further development, female fireflies of the genus Photuris mimic the flash pattern of Photinus...
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