iRobot announced that it will announce 1st Quarter earnings April 30 after the market’s close and will hold a conference call at 8:30 a.m. May 1. Tags: iRobot, robot
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Perhaps looking to buff its home robots with a patina of patriotism, iRobot has hired a PR firm for a “branding” campaign aimed at linking the military division with its home robots in the eyes of the public. Smart move if done right. Tags: iRobot
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(from here) #176 Highlight the true ones (and please, I don’t know why they all have an x after the number) 1x. I eat my pizza w/ Ranch. 2x. I have seen Chicago on Broadway. 3x. I do yoga in my spare time. 4x. Chocolate is my favorite food group. 5x. I go to the Methodist Church. 6x. I saw Harry Potter 4 more than twice in theaters. 7x. I was in school during the 9/11 attack. 8x. I draw hearts everywhere. 9x. I play the trumpet. 10x. I have more than 3 cats at my house. 11x. I have stepparents
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If you are developing applications in the social media / social networking / web 2.0 space, you should know about Social Dev Camp East, coming up on May 10, 2008, in Baltimore. Some info is in PBWiki, although most of the activity is happening on the Facebook event page. It looks like some great topics and events and given that Dave Troy is one of the organizers, I expect it should be good. Dave’s the guy behind Twittervision and several other sites and is also the one who put the open source As
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Hands-On With iRobot ConnectR ‘Virtual Visit’ Robot (Video) by Ben Chertoff, posted Apr 17th 2008 at 12:06PM Let a robot do your visiting for you. iRobot’s ConnectR is a Web-cam wielding, Internet-enabled, Roomba-like robot that you can control from anywhere you have a Web connection. The ‘bot sends video and audio to the remote user, who, in turn, can talk through the robot.
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UMass robot has a future The Republican - MassLive.com, MA - 35 minutes ago By DIANE LEDERMAN AMHERST - The Roomba can vacuum your rug, robots can assemble cars on an automobile assembly line, and soon their might be a robot …

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Hey all, just thought I’d take a break from the “OMG, CPW TTLY PWND ME!” and give you a quick Toy Design update. I haven’t talked about Toy Design in several months but that’s not to say I haven’t been heavily involved. In fact, I’d like to officially propose that MIT move this class from 9 units to 15 because it’s not a low time commitment class. Luckily all of the time commitments are fun so I’m enjoying it. Toy design has even influenced two major decisions in my life as of late. 1) I’ve d
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