Summary
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A burglar deterrent called "FakeTV" saves energy and might possibly save your possessions. FakeTV came into existence because Blaine Readler of California used to leave his television on every time he left home. He figured that if a would-be thief saw the flickering glow of a TV he would think someone is home. The burglar would likely move on to an easier target. One evening it occurred to Blaine that all the burglar would see was the light shining through the curtains. He would not see the actual images shown on the power-hungry television. It seemed a shame to waste all that energy making a picture nobody saw. Blaine set about to invent a device called "FakeTV" that replicates the light made by a TV, but not the images.
Blaine studied real televisions. The light they produce may seem random at first glance. A closer look shows that the TV light consists of scene changes, on-screen motion, color changes, and other elements. You would not, for example, confuse the light from a TV with the random flashing colored lights made by a Christmas tree. FakeTV reproduces all of the light effects of real TV, and it never repeats. The result? Viewed from outside the home, FakeTV looks just like real TV.See the full content of this document
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Faketv Is a Green Way to Prevent Burglaries
Most televisions turn on with buttons and cannot be use...
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