U-Eugene Polley, unjiniyela wemishini waseChicago, wasungula i-remote yokuqala ye-TV ngo-1955, enye yamagajethi asetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni.
UPolly wayengunjiniyela waseChicago ozifundise yena ngokwakhe owasungula i-remote ye-TV ngo-1955.
Ubona ikusasa lapho singeke sivuke kusofa noma sinyakazise noma yimiphi imisipha (ngaphandle kweminwe yethu).
UPolly uchithe iminyaka engu-47 eZenith Electronics, esuka ekubeni ngumgcini wempahla yokugcina impahla waya ekubeni ngumsunguli wezinto ezintsha. Usethuthukise amalungelo obunikazi ahlukene ayi-18.
U-Eugene Polley wasungula isilawuli kude sokuqala esingenantambo se-Zenith Flash-Matic TV ngo-1955. Ulawula ipayipi ngokukhanya okukhulu. (Zenith Electronics)
Ukuqamba kwakhe okubaluleke kakhulu kwaba ukulawula okukude kwe-TV okungenantambo, okwaziwa ngokuthi i-Flash-Matic. Amanye amadivayisi okulawula angaphambilini ayexhunywe ku-TV.
I-Flash-Matic kaPolly yathatha indawo yobuchwepheshe bokulawula kude be-TV obabukhona kuphela ngaleso sikhathi, obuneminyaka engu-8 ubudala.
Kusukela ekuqaleni kwethelevishini, lolu hlobo lomsebenzi wabantu oludala noluvame ukungathembeki luye lwadingeka luhambe ngokungathandi, lushintsha iziteshi ngokuthunywa kwabantu abadala nezingane zakubo ezindala.
I-Flash-Matic ibukeka njengesibhamu se-sci-fi ray. Ilawula ipayipi ngokukhanya okukhulu.
“Lapho izingane zishintsha iziteshi, ngokuvamile kufanele zilungise nezindlebe zazo zonogwaja,” kuhlekisa uZenith iphini likamongameli omkhulu kanye nesazi-mlando senkampani uJohn Taylor.
Njengezigidi zabantu baseMelika abaneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50, uTaylor wachitha ubusha bakhe ecindezela izinkinobho zethelevishini yomndeni mahhala.
Esimemezelweni sabezindaba sangomhlaka-13 Juni 1955, uZenith wamemezela ukuthi iFlash-Matic yayinikeza “uhlobo olusha olumangalisayo lwethelevishini”.
Ngokusho kukaZenith, lo mkhiqizo omusha “usebenzisa ukukhanya okuvela kudivayisi encane efana nesibhamu ukuvula nokuvala i-TV, ukushintsha iziteshi, noma ukuthulisa izikhangiso ezinde.”
Isimemezelo seZenith siyaqhubeka: “Umsebe womlingo (ongenangozi kubantu) wenza wonke umsebenzi. Azikho izintambo ezilengayo noma izintambo ezixhumanisayo ezidingekayo.”
I-Zenith Flash-Matic yayiyisilawuli kude sokuqala se-TV esingenantambo, esasungulwa ngo-1955 futhi saklanywa ukuze sibukeke njengesibhamu se-space age ray. (UJean Pauly Jr.)
“Kwabaningi, yinto esetshenziswa kakhulu ekuphileni kwansuku zonke,” kusho umsunguli osethathe umhlalaphansi isikhathi eside etshela i-Sports Illustrated ngo-1999.
Namuhla, izinto zakhe ezintsha zingabonakala yonke indawo. Iningi labantu linezilawuli kude ze-TV eziningana ekhaya, eziningi ehhovisi noma endaweni yokusebenza, futhi mhlawumbe eyodwa ku-SUV.
UBarbara Walters ushiya umlayezo mayelana 'nokuhlukaniswa' kwakhe ebuntwaneni nokuthi yini eyaholela empumelelweni yakhe
Kodwa ubani othonya kakhulu izimpilo zethu nsuku zonke? Udumo luka-Eugene Polley ngokuqamba i-remote ye-TV lwaqala lwaya kunjiniyela oncintisana naye, ngakho kwadingeka alwele ifa lakhe.
Bobabili bavela ePoland. Indodana yomsunguli, uGene Polley Jr., utshele iFox Digital News ukuthi uVeronica uvela emndenini ocebile kodwa washada nemvu emnyama.
Umsunguli wesilawuli kude sethelevishini u-Eugene Polley nomkakhe uBlanche (Willy) (kwesobunxele) kanye nonina uVeronica. (Ngenxa kaGene Polly Jr.)
“Wagcina esegijimela isikhundla sokuba umbusi wase-Illinois.” Waze wazigqaja ngobudlelwano bakhe ne-White House. “Ubaba wahlangana nomongameli eseyingane,” kusho uJin Jr.
"Ubaba wayegqoka izingubo ezindala. Akekho owamsiza ngemfundo yakhe" - uGene Polley Jr.
Naphezu kwezifiso zikayise nokuxhumana kwakhe, izinsiza zezimali zomndeni kaPolly zazilinganiselwe.
“Ubaba wayegqoka izingubo ezindala,” kusho uPolly omncane. “Akekho owayefuna ukumsiza ngemfundo yakhe.”
Hlangana nomMelika owasungula ibha yezemidlalo yokuqala yaseMelika eSt. Louis.Louis: Isosha leMpi Yezwe II uJimmy Palermo
Yasungulwa eChicago ngo-1921 yiqembu labalingani okubalwa kubo u-Eugene F. McDonald, isosha leMpi Yezwe I lase-US Navy, i-Zenith manje isiyisigaba se-LG Electronics.
Ukukhuthala, amakhono okuhlela kanye namakhono okusebenza angokwemvelo kaPolly kwadonsela ukunaka komkhuzi.
Lapho i-United States ingena eMpini Yezwe II ngawo-1940, uPolly wayeyingxenye yeqembu lobunjiniyela beZenith elalithuthukisa uhlelo olukhulu lwezikhali lukaMalume uSam.
UPolly wasiza ekwakheni i-radar, izibuko zokubona ebusuku, kanye nama-fayibha okusondelana, asebenzisa amaza omsakazo ukuqhuma izibhamu ebangeni elithile ukusuka endaweni ehlosiwe.
Ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe II, uPolly wasiza ekwakheni i-radar, izibuko zokubona ebusuku, kanye nama-fise okusondelana, amadivayisi asebenzisa amaza omsakazo ukutshisa izinhlamvu.
Isiko labathengi bangemva kwempi eMelika lakhula kakhulu, kanti iZenith yayihamba phambili emakethe yethelevishini ekhula ngokushesha.
Uchwepheshe wezokudansa nezinkanyezi uWhitney Carson wembula ubulili bomntwana wesibili nomyeni wakhe uCarson McAllister
Nokho, u-Admiral MacDonald ungomunye walabo abacasulwe yisifo sethelevishini: ukuphazamiseka kwezentengiselwano. Wayala ukuba kwenziwe i-remote ukuze akwazi ukuthulisa umsindo phakathi kwezinhlelo. Yiqiniso, abaholi bezempi nabo babona amathuba okuthola inzuzo.
UPolly waklama uhlelo olunethelevishini eyayinama-photocell amane, elilodwa ekhoneni ngalinye lekhonsoli. Abasebenzisi bangashintsha isithombe nomsindo ngokukhomba i-Flash-Matic ku-photocell ehambisanayo eyakhelwe ku-TV.
U-Eugene Polley wasungula ithelevishini elawulwa kude ngo-1955 yeZenith. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wafaka isicelo selungelo lobunikazi egameni lenkampani, elanikezwa ngo-1959. Lihlanganisa uhlelo lwama-photocell okwamukela izimpawu ngaphakathi kwekhonsoli. (USPTO)
"Ngemva kwesonto, umphathi webutho wathi ufuna ukuyifaka ekukhiqizweni kwayo. Yathengiswa kakhulu – babengakwazi ukuhambisana nesidingo."
“Umphathi wenkampani uMcDonald wajabulela kakhulu ubufakazi bukaPolly bokuthi i-Flash-Matic iwubufakazi bomqondo,” kusho uZenith endabeni yenkampani. Kodwa ngokushesha “wayala onjiniyela ukuthi bahlole obunye ubuchwepheshe besizukulwane esilandelayo.”
Isilawuli kude sikaPolly sinemikhawulo yaso. Ikakhulukazi, ukusetshenziswa kwemisebe yokukhanya kusho ukuthi ukukhanya okuzungezile, njengokukhanya kwelanga okuphuma endlini, kungabhubhisa i-TV.
Ngemva konyaka i-Flash-Matic ifikile emakethe, i-Zenith yethula umkhiqizo omusha we-Space Command, owaklanywa unjiniyela kanye nomsunguli odumile uDkt. Robert Adler. Lokhu kuhlukile kakhulu kubuchwepheshe, kusetshenziswa i-ultrasound esikhundleni sokukhanya ukushayela amapayipi.
Ngo-1956, iZenith yethula isizukulwane esisha sama-remote e-TV abizwa ngokuthi i-Space Command. Yaklanywa nguDkt. Robert Adler. Kwakuyisilawuli kude sokuqala sesitayela se-"clicker", esithatha indawo yobuchwepheshe bokulawula kude obadalwa ngunjiniyela weZenith u-Eugene Polley. (Zenith Electronics)
I-Space Command “yakhelwe ezindongeni ze-aluminium ezilula ezikhiqiza umsindo ohlukile wemvamisa ephezulu uma zishaywa kolunye uhlangothi … zinqunywa ngokucophelela ngobude futhi zikhiqize amaza amane ahlukene kancane.”
Lesi yisilawuli kude sokuqala "sokuchofoza" - umsindo wokuchofoza lapho isando esincane sishaya ekugcineni kwenduku ye-aluminiyamu.
UDkt. Robert Adler washeshe wathatha indawo ka-Eugene Polley emehlweni emboni njengomsunguli wesilawuli kude se-TV.
I-National Inventors Hall of Fame empeleni idumisa u-Adler njengomsunguli we-remote yokuqala ye-TV "esebenzayo". UPolly akalona ilungu le-Inventors Club.
“U-Adler wayenedumela lokubona kusengaphambili umsebenzi wokubambisana nabanye onjiniyela be-Zenith,” kusho uPolly Jr., enezela, “Kwamcasula kakhulu ubaba.”
UDisemba, namuhla emlandweni. Ngomhlaka-28 Disemba 1958, amaColts anqoba amaGiants “kuMdlalo Omkhulu Kunayo Yonke Isikhathi” we-NFL Championship.
UPolly, unjiniyela wemishini ozifundise yena ngaphandle kweziqu zasekolishi, wasuka esikhundleni sakhe.
“Ngiyakuzonda ukumbiza ngokuthi unekhola eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka,” kusho isazi-mlando uZenith Taylor. “Kodwa wayengunjiniyela wemishini oyisiwula, umuntu waseChicago oyisiwula.”
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Julayi-25-2023
