YAKIMA, Wash. -- First released in 1985, the iconic invention “the Clapper” allowed users to activate appliances using sequences of claps. The Clapper responded to human prompts, turning lights, ...

Maybe it was the impending new year and all that Auld Lang Syne-ing, but sometime in early December I started to get those pangs of nostalgia for the Old Ways. The past, of course, always looks ...

You may remember the infamous Clapper...clap on, clap off… Well, now it comes with upgrades! But will it get a round of applause? The instructions are simple -- two ...

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Clap on, clap off -- clap on, clap off -- The Clapper! We've all seen this one advertised on television for years. Instead of using your fingers, just clap to turn your lights on and off. This sound ...

Maybe it was the impending new year and all that auld lang syne-ing, but sometime in early December I started to get those pangs of nostalgia for the old ways. The past, of course, always looks ...

The Clapper™ is a miracle of the 1980s, turning lights and TVs on and off with the simple clap of the hands, and engraving itself into the collective human unconsciousness with a little jingle that ...

The original clapper launched in 1986. It was a disaster. Because of shoddy engineering, it started blowing up TVs, and Joseph Pedott ended up having the whole thing re-designed. The rest is history.

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