While adding a remote control for a light bulb may seem silly in a world of switches, the bulb has more options than just on and off. When it's time to adjust the mood in a room, the remote can set the bulb's intensity, its transition pattern (steady, fading, flashing or strobing) and its color, which can be any of 15 major colors of the spectrum, from red to indigo. There is also the choice of plain old white light.
AN ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER, WITHOUT ALL THE MESSY WIRES
Epson's first printer with Wi-Fi, the Stylus CX9475Fax, also happens to be a scanner - and as the name suggests, a fax machine. Although it can hook up directly to a computer with a USB cable, it is really more at home on a wireless network, where it can be used by multiple computers in a household, a small business or a loft shared by starving artists.
It offers a way to make the most of workspace and avoid a lot of dangling wires.
Although this printer can churn out photos up to 22cm-by-112cm, this is a four-color machine, so the prints might not be as fabulous as with six-color photo printers.
Slots for digital camera cards allow PC-less picture-making, and faded prints can be scanned and printed out in a rejuvenated fashion with automatic color restoration. The ink is pigment-based to produce output on plain paper that is smudge- and water-resistant; Epson says even highlight markers won't dissolve the results.- ny times news service
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