NEW YORK, 2:44 AM, SUN JUL 27 | 18 POSTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS | tips@gizmodo.com | RSS
UK | FR | NL | IT | DE | ES | JP | AU
Posts Tagged “

dimmer

”
trip the light fantastic

Vierti LED Dimmer Switch from Lutron

Anyone with a yen for hi-tech wizardry on the decoration front will want to get their hands on Lutron's Vierti LED dimmers. Touch sensitive, you just run your finger up and down the LED display strip to get the lighting you want. Touch the bottom section of the light strip and your lights go off or on, while the top half works the dimmer. More »

5:46 AM on Fri Aug 10 2007
By AddyDugdale
5,383 views, 5 comments

video demo

Essential Wall Dimmer Video Hands On, Soft as a Baby's Butt


When we first told you about the Essential Wall Dimmer from International Fashion Machines, we were wondering if its carpet-like conductive switch felt like a Brillo pad. The company sent us a demo unit, and we can now definitively tell you that it feels soft as silk, just like a fine piece of carpet. The $99 switch works well, and is extremely easy to turn on and off. We only noticed one slight downside to these pretty wall switches. More »

Feature

10:17 AM on Fri Aug 3 2007
By Charlie White
10,575 views, 9 comments

Latest by glipz: Wait where do I get conductive fabric. This looks like a Instructable waitng to be made. more »

gadgets

Voice-Activated Dimmer Does What It's Told

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. More »

5:51 PM on Fri Dec 8 2006
By Charlie White
916 views, 7 comments

gadgets

Don't Touch That Dimmer!

If you have any urge to buy a dimmer switch for your lights, then here's a hell of a concept. Seems that with the Anigmo touch-less dimmer switch—you just have to be near it for it to dim. Imagine that? Fabulous! I've been waiting for years for an innovation like this. I'm so damn tired of touching dimmers, it's absolutely exhausting. Now, using "patented proximity technology," you just wave your hand near the dimmer, which can be hidden behind decorative plates, and bango, your lights go down automatically. Who needs a clapper? Or fingers for that matter. More »

9:31 AM on Sat Feb 4 2006
By tgrumet
243 views, 3 comments

Latest by ecmuller: Yes...you really must consider the other uses...you could put it in the ceiling so when someone is directly over a trap door it opens...no more awkward premature ejection you could attach it to the throttle signal of your car so as more »