If there was one gift Sandy Frerking wanted more than anything in 1988, it was the Clapper. With two quick claps, she would be able to turn on (or turn off) her television, or stereo, or lamp, just ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...