[Avodah] Could a New Gadget Change Shabbat Observance - Forever

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

 From http://tinyurl.com/njr5j7a

List of leading rabbis endorse 'Kosherswitch' to allow lights on 
Shabbat. High-voltage project could send a current through Jewish world.

Will Shabbat observance change forever with a flick of a switch?

A new gadget was released to the mass market on Monday promising 
Orthodox Jews a solution to the age-old problem of leaving lights on 
or off on Shabbat and then being prevented by Jewish law from 
flipping the switch.

The new invention, dubbed "KosherSwitch," has been beta-tested since 
2009 - but 
<https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kosherswitch-control-electricity-on-shabbat#home>an 
indiegogo campaign launched Monday promises to bring the project to 
the masses.

See the above URL for more as well as for a video explaining how this 
device works.

YL

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