Shares of Roomba-vacuum cleaner maker iRobot (IRBT) are headed south this afternoon, after the company provided a highly cautious view on the outlook for the rest of 2008. The company also announced that it has replaced its CFO. For Q1, the company reported revenues of $57.3 million, with a net loss of 16 cents a share; […] …
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Robot maker iRobot Corp. said Wednesday John J. Leahy will replace Geoffrey Clear as chief financial officer, effective June 9. In a statement, Clear said he will stay as long as needed to ensure a smooth transition.
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Other than taking obvious influences from the Tumbler from Batman Begins, this Israeli Guardium unmanned patrol shares more in common with the iRobot PackBot than Batman’s roof-hopping car. The Guardium can either be self-controlled or steered by an operator miles away, and is loaded with cameras, night-vision sensors and machine guns. Unlike the PackBot, which demands that a human be in the loop at all times, the Guardium can be autonomous if the need arises. Let’s just hope its programming is
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Israeli Military Guardian Vehicle is Like the Batmobile Without Batman Driving Other than taking obvious influences from the Tumbler from Batman Begins, this Israeli Guardium unmanned patrol shares more in common with the iRobot PackBot than Batman’s roof-hopping car. The Guardium can either be self-controlled or steered by an operator miles away, and is loaded with cameras, night-vision sensors and machine guns. Unlike the PackBot, which demands that a human be in the loop at all times, the Gu
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Raymi said today in her post that Cid caused her to trip and fall early this morning. Not to be a copy “cat” but my kitten, Helo, put his teeny tiny body under my foot by surprise and I felt him just in time to crash to the kitchen floor. I threw myself down rather than smash a cotton ball of a kitty. He was scared and fluffed up so I picked him up to comfort him and the li’l shit pulled back and hissed at me! I sacrificed myself for him and I get hissed? Pfffft. God I love that cat. My legs. M
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Wednesday randoms, on a Wednesday, even! Aren’t you proud of me? Yeah. * I keep expecting it to be warm out. It isn’t. It’s sunny, unlike yesterday, but that vague thought we had of eating at the tables outside Panera? Yeah, not so much. * The Yarn Harlot event at Webs was great. I have pictures, even. I’ll try to post them tonight. * I’m moving! I think I keep forgetting to tell you. Just a few towns over, so not a huge move in geographic or life-changing ways, but I’m beyond stressed abou
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GSI Commerce Inc. believes working closely with partners to formulate e-commerce solutions is the key to growth for both entities. They know they will succeed only when they have met their partner’s e-commerce needs exactly. GSI is a provider of these e-commerce solutions for retailers, branded manufacturers, entertainment firms, and professional sports organizations. GSI Commerce, formerly known as Global Sports Inc. has headquarters in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. They have a market capita
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Shares of Roomba-vacuum cleaner maker iRobot (IRBT) are headed south this afternoon, after the company provided a highly cautious view on the outlook for the rest of 2008. The company also announced that it has replaced its CFO. For Q1, the company reported revenues of $57.3 million, with a net loss of 16 cents a share; the Street had expected $55 million and a loss of 16 cents. So no trouble there. But in a statement, CEO Colin Agile notes that “over the past two months, the overall retail en
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iRobot Roomba: Husband is an ass Submitted by MJE on Tue, 2008-04-29 00:44. I’m surprised this hasn’t made it onto the Boycott List yet. Video found here. The iRobot Roomba is a vacuum cleaner, and of course the commercial depicts a frustrated wife complaining about her dirty home. “I don’t know about you, but I live with a bunch of animals. My kids are pigs, and my husband is a . . . [image switches from the woman to a donkey].” Obviously, it is cute and humorous for a wife to call her h
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With the invention of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, it is no longer far-fetched to imagine robots helping us carry out daily chores–not to mention more complex tasks such as assisting surgery. But nobody wants an unpleasant robot in his or her life–any more than one wants to be saddled with a disgruntled human helper. Enter robots with personality, capable of developing emotional relationships with humans. Sound futuristic? Well, the future could be here sooner than you think. A consortium of re
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