A Great TV Inventor: InventHelp® remembers Robert Alder, inventor of the remote control

If you're like many of us, a really good Sunday afternoon might go something like this -relaxing on the couch (in your pajamas, even though it's 3 pm) and flipping through the world of entertainment on television without ever leaving your couch cushion. Lazy Sundays in part owe thanks to Robert Alder, the inventor of the remote control. This month, InventHelp® remembers the late Robert Alder, and explores the history of the television.

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Product Reviews at INPEX® 2007

INPEX®, America's Largest Invention Trade Show, has arranged to have representatives from the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Everlast®, Hasbro, The Wahl® Clipper Corporation and Office Depot review specific categories of inventions and give feedback to the inventor. If you are an InventHelp® client with a prototype of a patented product concept in one of the following categories designated by these companies, and are considering attending INPEX® 2007, you should call InventHelp's Customer Service Department to discuss scheduling an appointment with one of these company representatives.

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When was television invented?

Television broadcasts on a large scale began after World War II. However, television-broadcasting experiments were underway as early as the 1920s and broadcasts were available on a limited basis in the late 1930s. But the actual earliest known work occurred in 1837 when Sir William Crookes experimented with sending moving visual images over a distance.

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