The Clapper™ is a miracle of the 1980s, turning lights and TVs on and off with the simple clap of the hands, and engraving itself into the collective human unconsciousness with a little jingle ...

[Richard] put up a great virtual teardown of The Clapper, that provides a lot of insight into how this magic relay box actually works, along with some historical context for the world The Clapper ...

As childhood sweethearts, Olive Ewing and Raymond Clapper lived a block apart in Kansas City’s (Kan.) packinghouse district. The grocer’s daughter and the laborer’s son went to the same ...