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Timothy Lord Discovers the Good Night Lamp at CES (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the lamps-that-like-to-turn-each-other-on-and-off dept.

Many reporters go to the CES, AKA Consumer Electronic Show (warning - link landing page plays annoying sound) in Las Vegas to see the newest 42.001" LCD TVs, which are 0.001" bigger than last year's 42" models. And there are many boring Windows 8 devices, many of which both run Windows and can display the number 8. These items, along with keynotes from tech gurus like Bill Clinton (We're not making this up!) may be amazing to some news outlets, but not to Slashdot or to Our Man Timothy, who seeks out the new, the bizarre, and the unusual and -- without taking a dime from them -- lets their instigators talk to him about their wares. But it's got to be good stuff, not run of the mill incremental advances. Like the Good Night Lamp(tm), which was invented by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, whose "work has been exhibited," says the goodnightlamp.com/team page, "at the Milan Furniture Fair, London Design Festival, The Victoria & Albert Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York." Now the Good Night Lamp people are showing off their product and trying to raise money through Kickstarter. But that's enough from us. We will now hand the microphone to Ms. Deschamps-Sonsino and let her tell you the rest.

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  1. !good by stokessd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just what I need to have a blissful night sleep is a lamp that is controlled by someone else. Next up, let's put control of the toilet flush lever in someone else's hands while I'm showering.

  2. My favorite CES item by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is the android-powered butt plug. No shit. It's got wifi and a web server so you can browse your ass and control the vibrations. There's also a web cam but I don't know why... there's no light and the camera will probably be covered with lube. (Hmm... sounds like a new instagram filter).

  3. Re:Handy for elderly relatives? by sandytaru · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Give them a call first - they'll appreciate that more than the police barging on their door if there's nothing actually wrong.

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    Occasionally living proof of the Ballmer peak.
  4. Re:A descriptive summary would be nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Internet connected lamp. When someone turns the big lamp on, little lamps turn on too. So to answer your question, it does nothing useful.