Mark Grossmeyer is man known for his often unique and innovative gadgets, but he has really outdone himself with this one. Grossmeyer didn’t own a clapper because he did not want to take up his wife ...

MILWAUKEE – A remote control invented by a Cedarburg man has been added to the device that allows people to turn off their lights by clapping, and it is being test-marketed in Milwaukee and other ...

The original clapper launched in 1986. It was a disaster. Because of shoddy engineering, it started blowing up TVs, and Joseph Pedott ended up having the whole thing re-designed. The rest is history.