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Smartwarm Towel Rack  (idea #143)
Date: 2005-03-06 
Category: Durable / Electronic
Price: 100
Target Audience: Heated towel rack manufacturers

Description: Heated towel racks are a good idea / bad implementation. Timer-based ones sometimes shut off before the towels are dry, and the always-on ones simply waste electricity. The Smartwarm rack knows better. Equipped with an internal scale, timer, and microprocessor, the device periodically measures the weight of the load it's carrying. If there's a sudden big change, it means that there's new towels on board, and the heat immediately switches on. The heat will then stay on for as long as the load slowly inches down, as the towels dry out and lose their water weight. But once the weight levels off, the towels are dry-- so the heating element shuts off. Dry towels every time, with no energy wasted!

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