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So it isnt woood but paper with woodprint on it with led display behind it encased in plastic. Or as the say in nethack, cheap plastic imitation.]]>Jul 16th 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/Jul 16th 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/Jul 16th 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/Jul 17th 2009 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/
And they say "wood-look", not veneer. With even a thin veneer such a line wouldn't be necessarary.

So my point stays, what you see is paper with woodprint. ]]>Jul 17th 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/
I guess what I'm getting to is, will this work in the US?]]>Jul 16th 2009 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/Jul 16th 2009 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/Still pretty neat, but I won't take it.
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If the Woodstation has a shadow, it's sunny
If the Woodstation is gone, it's a hurricane/tornado]]>Jul 17th 2009 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/
I have an earlier version (clock only) from a different maker. It looks like a wooden brick; big red LED display behind a PLASTIC sheet. Bought it around $50 from eBay for my father 3 years ago. He likes it - it is convincing enough for his guests. The shock value is definitely there.

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Watch out for woodworm though.]]>Jul 17th 2009 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/
But gadgets or applications which give you real time applications on current weather status seem useless for 99% of the population for 2 main reasons. First reason is because peoples plans rarely change based on the weather. And if people do change plans because of extreme weather conditions, it's because of a major snowstorm or major raid/wind conditions, neither of which will require the specific annotation of a gadget or application.... "Oh Winds are 80mph, if only they were 79mph we could have had a picnic."

The second reason is that all you have to do in the first place is look out a window or open a door and look outside. If our human senses weren't acute enough to realize when it's hot, mild, snowy or raning outside, with just a momentary visual survey at the weather conditions, then I doubt our species would have survived this long.]]>Jul 17th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/Jul 17th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/Jul 17th 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/woodstation-acts-like-a-weather-station-looks-like-a-dead-tree/Jul 23rd 2009 1:28PM