Device fools burglars into thinking somebody's home  FakeTV uses
LEDs, computer technology to mimic effects of television  EDEN
PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Strictly speaking, television is a pulsating
blue light, which is why from the outside of a house, it makes
it look as though the entire living room or bedroom is glowing
blue while turned on. That's the basic principal behind a new
device designed to ward off burglars.  FakeTV, manufactured by
Hydreon Corp., uses LEDs to simulate the light produced by a
television set, using a built-in computer to produce effects
that emulate variations in light and color that come from scene
changes, camera pans, fades, flicks and on-screen motion.  "My
wife and I were going out for the evening, and I decided to
leave the TV on so that it looked like somebody was still at
home," inventor Blaine Readler said. "I commented that it was a
shame to waste all that electricity, when the burlgars couldn't
even see the picture itself, just the reflection on the wall."
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