GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?
A
Microwave oven
B
Remote control
C
VCR
D
Calculator
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first wireless remote control for television was called Flashmatic.

Detailed explanation-2: -Polley, the inventor of the wireless television remote control, was 96. His death was announced by the Zenith Electronics Corporation, where Mr. Polley began his career in the stockroom before rising through the engineering ranks to invent the device, called the Flash-Matic, in 1955.

Detailed explanation-3: -A ubiquitous device is an electronic device capable of using wireless, Internet, and other networking capabilities that are so pervasively embedded in the environment that the devices can be used virtually anywhere and anytime.

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