What is Robert Adler?
{{Infobox scientist | caption = Robert Adler | birth_date = December 4, 1913 | birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] | nationality = [[United States|American]] -[[Austria]]n | death_date = {{Dda|2007|2|15|1913|12|4}} | death_place = [[Boise, Idaho]], [[United States|U.S.]] | field = [[Physics]] | work_institution = [[Zenith Electronics]] | alma_mater = [[University of Vienna]] | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = None | known_for = wireless [[remote control]] for televisions | prizes = [[Edison Medal]] (1980) | religion = | footnotes = }} '''Robert Adler''' (December 4, 1913 – February 15, 2007) was an [[Austria]]n-born [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] who held numerous [[patent]]s. He was known for creating wireless [[remote control]] for televisions. Adler died in a [[Boise, Idaho]] [[nursing home]] of [[heart failure]] at age 93 years old. ==Other websites== *[http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/adler.html Inventor of the Week Archive - Robert Adler] *[http://inventorspot.com/node/3977 Robert Adler: Biography of the Inventor Who Made Life Easier for Couch Potatoes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729201419/http://inventorspot.com/node/3977 |date=2022-07-29 }} *[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/16/obit.remote.control.ap/index.html Man who glued TV watchers to the couch dies] *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021602102.html The Inventor Who Deserves a Sitting Ovation] - ''[[The Washington Post]]'' *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021602039.html Robert Adler, 94; Engineer, Co-Inventor of TV Remote Control] - ''[[The Washington Post]]'' *[http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2293441.ece Obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301053735/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2293441.ece |date=2007-03-01 }}, ''[[The Independent]]'', 22 February 2007 *[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=KO1LLVRZAUQJZQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?view=DETAILS&gri