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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 12 Classic Gadgets You Can Still Buy 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Clapper was around a lot longer than 1985.  My micro professor had one in his apartment in 1968.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John T.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2008 4:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 12 Classic Gadgets You Can Still Buy 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree with John.  My college roommate had one in February 1968 when we became roommates. Not sure how long he had it before then. <br><br>Do you realize that in its long life The Clapper has witnessed men walk on the moon, the Tet Offensive leading to the end of the Vietnam Conflict, Watergate, Irangate, two Gulf Wars, LCDs eveywhere replacing the CRT, cellular phones, the end of analog TV signals.<br><br>Wow!<br><br>It's like my Grandma who saw the first airplane on the silent movie screen and men walk on the moon in her lifetime.  Some technologies, and people, are so enduring.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2008 11:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 12 Classic Gadgets You Can Still Buy 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[Greatest INVENTION SINCE 1900:  TRIODE VACUUM TUBE; 1906.<br><br>Second greatest: the TRANSISTOR; 1947 ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Webb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2008 4:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 12 Classic Gadgets You Can Still Buy 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why does the clapper have to be linked to laziness?? For some people it's actually very dangerous to stumble around in a dark room to go back and forth between a bed/chair and the light switch. My room isn't even that big and I've had a few mishaps trying to navigate in the dark. For an elderly person a simple fall is not just a clutzy hassle, it can be life ending. Even though I'm far from elderly... I wish I had a clapper in my bedroom... and one for the entrance. My mom always says you should never just walk into a dark house. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2008 5:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 12 Classic Gadgets You Can Still Buy 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Clapper not only responds to a clap but will turn a light on and/or to any other loud noice. My mother had a terrible cough and every night when she coughed the light would come on and the next time she coughed it went off. All night the light went on and off; needless to say it went back the next day!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Fuger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 11th 2008 9:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 12 Classic Gadgets You Can Still Buy 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/11/12-classic-gadgets-you-can-still-buy-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[I applaud the clapper. We have a back door that enters into the basement and kitchen stairs through a pantry, and there is absolutely no light back there except the pantry bulb, which has a switch in the kitchen, not near the backdoor. That means coming up the stairs in the dark when coming home in winter. Adding the clapper to a light means it's always bright enough to come in, or to get into the basement at night. And having the clapper means that we don't have to leave the light on, saving a lot of energy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caterina Pryde]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2008 8:54AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
