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Wednesday
May 21, 2008

Things that don't need to exist

Male Jim Treacher | Category: Digital • TV

Via Gizmodo comes news of FakeTV, a device that simulates the flickering of a TV set at night. It's supposed to deter burglars:

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See how that works? I'm asking because I don't know. Okay, I can think of one advantage FakeTV has over real TV: no Grey's Anatomy.

P.S. Here's a clip of it at work:

Just don't sit too close to it, or you'll pretend to ruin your eyes.


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Comments


this is such an easy thing to ease. if it gives your house even a little bit of protection it is worth it. you can buy them in the uk from www.faketv.co.uk

Comment by james on July 21, 2008 3:37 AM