Swedish team reinvents the smoke alarm
We don't spend a lot of time thinking about our smoke alarm — except when we actually try to cook something and the thing inevitably starts wailing. And, of course, around this time of year, we catch a glimpse of the reminders in the newspaper to change the alarm's battery when we reset our clocks (you did change your battery last Sunday, didn't you?). But the team at OG Invent (in Stockholm, of course) has apparently spent a lot of time thinking about smoke alarms, and they've come up with a version designed to be both aesthetically pleasing and easy to use. The SnapAlarm is designed to snap onto a lamp cord, and pops open for battery changes. This saves you from having to drill holes in your ceiling and then deal with a screwdriver when you replace the battery. And, yes, if you're into it, you can still mount this to your ceiling, but that sort of defeats the whole point.
[Via Gizmag]
