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Robert Adler has died at the age of 93.

Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley , was the co-inventor of the TV remote control when they worked for Zenith.

Polley created the "Flashmatic," a wireless remote introduced in 1955 that operated on photo cells. Adler introduced ultrasonics, or high-frequency sound, to make the device more efficient in 1956.

I recall when my Aunt & Uncle were the first in the neighborhood to get a Zenith Console Color Television with a remote control.

KA-CHUNK!

That was the sound as it turned the channels searching for one of the 4 TV stations we received.

I too recall being my parents remote control, as they told me (or my sisters) to change channels or turn the volume up or down.