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Posts tagged “sensor”

Emotional Housewares Get Assist from Tech

What happens when you take completely ordinary housewares and add on sensors and motors and heating elements? You get emotional objects that respond to you using them. Definitely unexpected. Kind of w...

Automatic Toilet Lowers the Seat, Prevents Lovers' Quarrels

click for more picsNever again will you have to yell at your hubby for leaving the toilet seat up. Technology finds a solution for another common household problem with the AutoClose automatic toilet...

Secure Lego Safe: Harder to Break Into Than You'd Think

When you think about where you're going to place your valuable and secure documents, it's pretty much expected that you'll buy a safe and put it up on a shelf in your closet somewhere. We've watched T...

Mathmos AirSwitch Lamp: The Anti-Clapper

Remember The Clapper? As kids, we thought that turning on lights with just a clap of the hands was just about the closest thing to being super-human. As an adult, now we realize if you're not geriatri...

Plantbot Looks Steampunk, Acts Creepy

We recently picked up some of those $1.99 bamboo stalks at Ikea. The reason for the impromptu purchase was the possibility of finding a solution to an ever-lasting problem: We want plants in the house...

DIY Smart Coasters Tell You What You Already Know

Techie coasters have been popping up everywhere. We've already blogged about coasters themed after circuit boards, floppy disks, pixelated images, Apple compatible icons, vintage records, Polaroids, a...