God I loved these! 😆 The Clapper, a sound-activated electrical switch, became an iconic gadget of the 1980s. Invented by Joseph Pedott in 1984, it allowed users to turn appliances on or off with a simple clap of their hands. Pedott was inspired by observing how difficult it could be for elderly people to operate household appliances. The idea came to him after noticing how his elderly relatives struggled to reach light switches. This observation led him to conceptualize a simple, hands-free dev