Tag Archives: remotecontrol

Genesis of the TiVo remote

“Like any remote, the designers were adamant about keeping the remote’s button layout as simple as possible. But with the DVR’s numerous features, the designers needed to create lots of extra buttons. To keep things straight, each button needed to have a distinctive feel, giving the ability to control the remote without even looking at [...]

Grandma’s view of the remote

See the full size cartoon here or here.
Link: Roz Chast: New Yorker Cartoon (thenewyorkerstore.com)

Remote control inventor dies

Dan Saffer notes the passing of Robert Adler.
“Interaction design lost a pioneer last week when Robert Adler died in Boise, Idaho on Thursday. The name probably doesn’t ring a bell (there’s not even a wikipedia entry on him), although it should. Adler, along with Eugene Polley, designed The Space Command, which was the first wireless [...]