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Fake TV scares intruders by flashing colors |
Many people like to leave the TV on when they leave the house. The idea is that any potential burglars will see the flashing light of the TV and think that someone is home, making them pass that house up. Here’s an invention that serves the same purpose, without having to keep your TV powered on.
The $49 FakeTV uses an array of colored, flashing LEDs to create the illusion of the stroboscopic effect of the television. The bonus here, since you are obviously paranoid about burglars, is that the box uses only a fraction of the electricity of a real TV.
Of course, now burglars are going to be hip to this and it won’t help at all. Sorry.
[TVsnob] VIA [Technabob]
TAGS: burglars, Fake TV, flashing colors, intruders, safety, Security   |
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Apparently some people give burglers much more IQ credit than I do (someone who has actually spent time interviewing them). They are not nearly as smart or brave as you give them credit for or they would be working a real job and not stealing for a living. They want to get in and out quickly without being caught.
Of course there is no full-proof way of keeping burglers out of your house (short of actually catching them and keeping them in jail…which we as a society don’t feel is worth it)…but we actually have one of these and used it for a recent vacation (in addition to other things we always use when we are out of town). Incidently, while we were out of town, several vandals hit our neighborhood and our house remained untouched. Nothing is 100% guaranteed, but I do believe it was enough to send those vandals to a different house (sorry neighbors). Guess what our parents (who are always hard to buy for) are getting for Christmas:-) With FakeTV they can just take out the box , plug in, and start using without having us figure out how to install it! HA We hope having it on will encourage any would-be-burgler to go the next house.