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A 21st-Century butler pull, MasterSwitch uses piezoelectric technology to harvest energy when pulling down on the tassel; this generates the power needed to send a radio frequency signal to the wall outlet receiver into which the appliance is plugged—no batteries needed. 

MASTER SWITCH

Remote, energy-harvesting pull switch

2008

The mundaneness of switching everyday appliances on and off now becomes a more resplendent—and potentially reflective—act, better expressing our (supposed) mastership over our electrical domestic “servants.” Referencing Hegel’s master–slave dialectic, the interface between human and machine is altered and challenged— are we truly the masters of our technologies?

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