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Hey look, it's the new Clapper for 2006. This $14.99 Intela Voice Dimmer works by voice control instead of clapping, obeying your commands with whatever word or phrase you teach it. Perfect for that outlet way back behind the Christmas tree.
If our experience with cheap voice-control devices in the past is any indication, you might be doing a lot of futile shouting at the wall with this thing. But it might even be too sensitive. In that case, to keep the lights from turning off every two seconds here at Gizmodo HQ, we'll be sure not to pre-program the words STFU.
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the safety word for tonite is milkshake.
;)
Haha your just walking around the house and you hear your wife screaming MILKSHAKE!, damn electronics, MILKSHAKE!
I wonder if you can sample your neighbors dog barking and plug it into the sprinkler system aimed over their fence on a 5 minute timer?
that's cruel.
You could train your little sister not to say "like" five times in a sentence by making that the watchword and attaching it to the TV.
I used to have one of these called "Lamp Commander". It went like this "Lamp Commander. Lights On.".
Everyone thought it was stupid until they tried it for a day or two. A friend still has mine.
hmmm.... there was more to that, but it was filtered out:
You: "Lamp Commander"
It: beeps
You: "Lights On"
It: beeps and turns on the lights
It only feels weird for a while addressing a $15 appliance as "Commander." :)
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