Hasbro's Room Tech Clock is in kahoots with the Lamp: be afraid

Despite numerous technological advancements in home automation, it's never really seemed to catch on with the mainstream. Now it's time for the children -- our future -- to take things into their own hands. Hasbro is launching the Room Tech Clock (left) and Room Tech Lamp (right), which put a bit of wireless conspiracy to good use by having the Clock turn on the Lamp when the alarm goes off. Sadly, these kids aren't really dreaming big yet, since that's about all this duo can do, other than an audio jack on the alarm to play tunes off your portable audio player. The two Room Tech devices will be out in September, at least in the UK, for £39.99 ($79 US) a piece.

[mcg @ Feb 6th 2008 2:35PM]

Stewie, is that you?

[mjp @ Feb 6th 2008 2:49PM]

So, this would be the more expensive version of recording a clapping noise for an mp3 alarm clock and hooking your light up to the clapper?

[jeeesus @ Feb 6th 2008 3:22PM]

clever, i'm going to do that :)

[jeeesus @ Feb 6th 2008 3:23PM]

or i would if i wasnt light itself!


*evil laugh*

[striggity @ Feb 6th 2008 2:51PM]

lol that's pretty slick. Naturally, I'll be waiting for the more mature version. :D

[stewie @ Feb 6th 2008 3:00PM]

HELP! I've been glossy-coated...BLAST!

[Tim @ Feb 6th 2008 4:08PM]

wow jeeesus. kinda went ying and yang on us there.

[lonecow12 @ Feb 6th 2008 3:59PM]

Batteries Not Included...

[wrabbit @ Feb 6th 2008 4:12PM]

Behold our future overlords!

[Samurai Jack @ Feb 6th 2008 4:27PM]

I can hear it now: "Victory is mine!"

[Isindil @ Feb 6th 2008 4:44PM]

I want a bot with the looks of the guy to the left, but with some kind of actual usefulness. Give it some more advanced arms, so I can have it turn the pages of my manga every time I say some user-definable word/sentence.

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Darn, that would have been awesome.

[Christian @ Feb 6th 2008 4:51PM]

Hey Arnold!

[whowhatme @ Feb 6th 2008 4:51PM]

unearthly green light emanating from alarm clock 'eyes' included, free of charge!

[Christian @ Feb 6th 2008 4:53PM]

They need a red one for land line or cell phone charger and a blue one for mp3 player craddle. They can have 4 robots that way....

[PEZ @ Feb 6th 2008 4:53PM]

Friggin thing looks like Stewie.

[Monk @ Feb 6th 2008 5:27PM]

Pricey for a wireless light switch if you ask me...

[rp @ Feb 6th 2008 5:34PM]

Woulda been kinda cool if the lamp put on some sort of light show when you had music going...
or set timers to automatically turn on the lamp at a given time...
or simulating the rising, peak, and setting of the sun by giving the lamp a dimmer control...
or some sort of light display that would show what time it was without having to look at the actual clock...

[ewen whose army? @ Feb 6th 2008 10:31PM]

hmmm - so clocky (http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/91f2/?cpg=froogle) chases us with beeping terror, this guy violently wails his arms, and his buddy causes eye cancer with "mood" lights...

me thinks the robot apocalypse will start with many a sleep deprived human...