TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) and PayPal are trying to get customers to ditch the shopping cart and buy goods straight from their couch using the remote control. The two have teamed up to let consumers buy ...

Before you sink into your couch, before you flip through channels tonight when you get home, take a minute to think about the guy who made being a couch potato possible: Back in 1955, Eugene J. Polley ...

Without today’s birthday boy, you might still be getting out of your chair every time you want to change the channel on the TV. Robert Adler, inventor of the first practical, wireless television ...

Imagine you’re sitting on the sofa, but you forgot to pick up the TV remote, and your smart speaker isn’t listening to your request. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your sofa’s armrest could act as a ...

Are you very lazy but very clever? Then perhaps you'll want to build a mind-reading remote control so you never need leave the sofa to change channel. Daniel Davis, who runs an award-winning video ...