Mona Lisa’s Tentacles & Crazy Black Stockings Naoto Hattori via Pink Tentacle “I’m Scooba-Doo. Come on, let’s get with it!” Posted by Akubi
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kencamp: @asaunders Isn’t it more accurate to say the Roomba doesn’t really suck, which is why it fails as a vacuum? It moves dirt effectively.
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Artist sought to create rendering for Bailey brothers plaque Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL - 17 hours ago He became one of the first black aviators from Florida who flew a F-84 Thunderjet during the Korean War era. Brother Maurice M. Bailey served as a sergeant …

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Hey, look, Ben “Ralph Archbold” Franklin’s going to be on Colbert Report all week, and last night he managed to get a hold of that technological marvel that doesn’t work, the Roomba. Tonight, one of Colbert Report’s guests is scheduled to be Gov. Ed Rendell. Hopefully he’ll have a hot dog eating contest with Stephen. Video after the jump.
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Have an IWSWI idea? Send a description and drawing to info [at] bigtimeattic.com, and include “IWSWI” in the subject line. The Coffee Roomba Reader David Bernardy from Chapel Hill writes: I like coffee in bed a lot, but not as much as my wife. The PROBLEM–whose gonna get out of bed to get it. I think you know the answer to this. Why would I want to invent such a thing if I had a coffee-bearing spouse? So, the INVENTION, which would allow us both to be happily bedded and caffeinated, goes lik
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I didn’t post about this originally, because it was so obviously wrong. (Maybe I should have posted for that reason?) But Popular Mechanics and Danger Room have debunked stories prompted by inaccurate and increasingly breathless web reports of the context of what robotics chief Kevin Fahey said at last week’s Robobusiness conference. (That’s the danger of blogs, isn’t it? One false but sexy and breathless tidbit: “ARMY PULLS ARMED ROBOTS AFTER IT POINTS GUN AT HUMANS, SAYS NO MORE ARMED ROBOTS F
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The Lawnbott 3500 Mowing down the competition, (Just had to get that out my system) this is an invention that in my mind will make manual lawn mowers an inanimate…
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Software licences are obscure, unbalanced and unfair, according to the National Consumer Council (NCC), which has filed a complaint with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). It wants the OFT to force software publishers to use clearer licences. The NCC says that consumers are stripped of their rights by overly-legal licences that they cannot understand, and has called for licences to be written in plain English, in line with OFT guidelines. The NCC bought 25 software products and found problems wit
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Ratcheting Hex Wrench A breakthrough in in hex wrenches. This complete set folds to pocket size. A pivot built into the hinge provides one-way torque to make tightening or loosening bolts easy squeezy. Great for bikes and car engines. Metric and standard available. The promo price is only $16.99 so grab one for yourself and one for a buddy. Stanley FatMax Fubar A 2.5 lbs crowbar hammer pry bar with serrated jaws that appears hungry even at rest. This compact demolition tool possesses your sen
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Beautiful New Lawnbott 3500 Robot Mower Take a look at this bad boy of a lawnmower robot! Coming soon from KA Home Robotics, the LB3500 robot lawn mower will be the new top of the line mower in their Lawnbott series, and what they call the most sophisticated lawnmower robot in the world. Before taking a look at its capabilities, take a moment to admire its looks. It’s so beautiful; you’d think they have Italian auto designers working for them. Every Lawnbott model has bump sensors that al
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