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Robert Adler (December 4, 1913 – February 15, 2007) was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents.
Adler was born in Vienna in 1913. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Vienna in 1937.Following Austria's annexation by Nazi Germany in 1939, Dr. Adler, a Jew, left the country. He traveled first to Belgium, then to England, where he acted on the advice of friends, who recommended that he emigrate to the United States. After emigrating to the United States, he began working at Zenith Electronics in the research division in 1941. In his lifetime, Adler was granted 58 US patents.
The invention Adler is best known for is the wireless remote control for televisions. While not the first remote control, its underlying technology was a vast improvement over previous remote control systems.
The "Flashmatic" remote control, invented by Eugene Polley, another engineer at Zenith, was the first wireless remote control, replacing the signal cable based remote control devices, which never were a success. The Flashmatic used directional flashlight in the transmitter device, and photo cells in the television set itself. One of the major shortcomings of this technology was that if the television set was exposed to direct sunlight, it could inadvertently trigger one of the remote control functions. The company president sent the engineers back to the drawing board to come up with a better solution.
Actors: Lewis Chesler (producer), David Perlmutter (producer), J.C. Kenny (actress), David Steinberg (miscellaneous crew), Kate Trotter (actress), Joanna Syrokomla (costume designer), Robert Vaughn (producer), Marek Posival (producer), Krista Bridges (actress), Charisma Carpenter (actress), Stacey Hersh (composer), Brian Paul (actor), Rogue Johnston (actor), Wendy Anderson (actress), Marvin Lawrence (editor),
Plot: Three women find themselves in deadly peril by following the advice of their group therapist -- to have controlled, adulterous affairs in order to preserve their marriages -- until their psychiatrist is murdered while having her own affair and the three realize the killer is after them too.
Keywords: infidelity, murder, psychopath