U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for December 27

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for December 27

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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Profile America -- Saturday, December 27(th). The reliable TV remote control, a crucial labor saving device for couch potatoes, was unveiled this month in 1957. Robert Adler of the Zenith Corporation received a patent for a mechanical unit that used a striker and four small aluminum chimes to generate ultrasound. The ultrasounds produced controlled on and off, and channel and sound up and down. There had been remotes before, but they were attached to the receiver by an awkward cord. Adler's remote eventually incorporated electronically generated ultrasound, and was in use until the early 1980s. Today's remote controls use infrared technology to operate the nation's television sets, sold in nearly 28,000 radio, TV and electronics stores across the country. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.

Sources:
Patent date: http://www.patent-invent.com/inventors/robert_adler_patents.html
Remote development: http://www.zenith.com/remote-background/
TV stores/NAICS 443112:
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_44I2&prodType=table

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).

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