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Brain Waves You can sell: finger paints, child chairs, smart sprinklers

By Laura Tiffany

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The scarecrow finally got his brain. Instead of just hangingaround in your customers' gardens like his passivepredecessors, the Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler uses thebrain the wizards at Comtech Electronics Inc. gave him--a motionsensor that detects pesky animal intruders and shoots a stream ofwater to frighten them away.

The Scarecrow runs on two 9-volt batteries and attaches to agarden hose. When it detects a bird or any other garden intruder,it sprays a stream of water for three seconds. The sprinkler headcan be adjusted to different spray distances and switched from"spray" to "jet" settings.

Wholesale price: $75. Suggested retail price: $129. No minimumorder s required, but shipping is free with the purchase of two ormore units.