Spoot: Spotted Early
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Spoot: Spotted Early keeps curtain rod in one place: one story so far. The section currently leads with “The sun does your drapes' dirty work now, no motor required”. The sun does your drapes' dirty work now, no motor required. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every curtain rod story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.

The sun does your drapes' dirty work now, no motor required
New Atlas

The sun does your drapes' dirty work now, no motor required

The sun does your drapes' dirty work now, no motor required. We've seen smart curtains before, sure, but they usually want a chunky motor, a hub, and a stern talking-to about Wi-Fi passwords. This new one skips the machinery and just lets the light do the pulling. That's the razor clam in the spec sheet, the detail that makes you lean in. It's clever, sure, but we're gently skeptical until we see it ship. The campaign's live now, and it's worth a scroll if you've ever wanted blinds that move without you lifting a finger or lifting a screwdriver. It's not quite the cinematic wall-buster Epson's pushing with its new lasers, but for the window-bound among us, this feels like the quiet win. Stay spooty.