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muninnhuginn ([personal profile] muninnhuginn) wrote2004-09-30 10:54 pm

From the department of useless inventions

As reported in the NYTimes (registration required for article):


RICHARD DEUTSCH, an electrical engineer and former chiropractor, has come up with an invention that looks like a hockey puck with mesh wings, is sensitive to changes in light and has a tendency to go off with even the slightest bit of movement, which can prompt red flashing lights, crunchy guitar chords and a commercial announcement.
The most notable detail, however, is its intended placement: in the urinals of public restrooms.


And only mentioned here so we can claim to be...

[identity profile] armb.livejournal.com 2004-10-01 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
A hockey puck with mesh wings? It's a prototype snitch, isn't it?