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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 »

10:17 AM on Fri Aug 3 2007
By Charlie White
10,443 views, 9 comments

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

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Star Trek Voice Activated Light Dimmer: Pretend You're Talking To Computer

Just one day after a voice activated answering machine comes a voice activated light dimmer, complete with wholly unnecessary Star Trek (no, not that smartphone from HTC, silly goose) branding. It plugs into any power outlet then responds to Star Trek-themed commands like, "Computer, Off." Magic! It even has the voice of the show's computer. I guess that's neat, but never having seen an episode of the show, it doesn't particularly impress me. Now you have to ask yourself if the device is worth $40. More »

7:46 AM on Thu Feb 22 2007
By Gizloco
3,045 views, 20 comments

Latest by king_of_fools: I'm theorizing here, but i think he is a blog bot; not a real person, but simply programed to surf the web, find small stories to write on, then make an ass of itself by admitting it doesn't know what more »

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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
815 views, 7 comments