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DuPont Self-Charging Smoke Alarm

If you're not one to regularly replace your smoke alarm batteries, or are just tired of messing with it, the DuPont Self-Charging Smoke Alarm eliminates that hassle by recharging itself. Mounted into a ceiling-mounted light socket, it automatically charges up whenever the light is turned on. More »

12:41 PM on Thu Apr 6 2006
By Charlie White
862 views, 11 comments

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Optical Smoke Alarm

If Soaron from Captain Power could lay an egg, we imagine it would look much like this optical smoke alarm by Danish designer Jacob Jensen, the man responsible for the look of Bang & Olufsen's classic products (19 of his designs are in the MoMa collection). Don't let our snarking about its looks fool you, this is a serious piece of equipment: the microprocessor inside does a daily sensitivity check to avoid false alarms. The ominous red button actually serves the greater good, by allowing you to reduce sensitivity for ten minutes to avoid setting off the alarm for times like when you have smoke coming from a cold fire place. More »

9:47 AM on Wed Mar 22 2006
By gizmodo.com
527 views, 2 comments

Latest by RedSeven: If there were ever a smoke detector that could quell my love of domestic pyrotechnics, then this would be it. Imagine a whole wall of these. It'd be like living in the future man. Love it. more »

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Self-Charging Smoke Alarm

It's not that my smoke alarm is hard to reach, or that I don't have a spare 9V battery around. But doesn't this doo-hickey make a lot more sense? Plant the alarm in a light socket, then screw the bulb in. Everytime the light is turned on the alarm charges. Flip the lightswitch twice to test the alarm, and three times to shut the thing off. Will operate for 30 days without charging, and chirps when it's running low on juice. Ugly as sin if you've got low ceilings—but a small price to pay in exchange for crossing the annual battery replacement ritual off your list. $39.95. More »

9:29 AM on Mon Dec 12 2005
By Noah R
52 views, 2 comments

Latest by Stan LS: Now how about a lightbulb that will charge itself! :) more »