people, Gossip, Boston Robert Buderi wrote: Personal insights. Conversation starters. Gossip. Whatever the excuse, it’s high time for the second installment in Xconomy’s Who Knew? series, our wildly popular roundup of little-known, offbeat facts about the New England innovation community (and a few outside innovators with ties to the local scene). In this installment, you’ll learn who runs his own indoor waterfall, who’s hit 40 straight Red Sox home openers, and who has a day named after him i
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I love stories like Shane Felux’s. He’s a regular guy who got together with some friends to shoot a little fan film called “Star Wars: Revelations.” The film became a cult hit on the web and attracted more than 3 million downloads in less than 2 months. It was featured in major media outlets like CNN, Entertainment Weekly, MSNBC and others. His follow-up “Pitching Lucas” won the George Lucas Selects and Audience Choice award in 2006. The first film to win both top awards. Now he has t
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Fine. Yes, it is my birthday. Yes, I purposely did not broadcast it in hopes that it would just pass on by this year. (But thanks Kim and Vic!) I’m officially closer to 40 than I am to 30. Blech. That stinks. Normally I would say that you are only as old as you feel…but I think I’m getting sick, and I have a raging headache from bickering girls, so right now I’m feeling a little old. I did have a great birthday weekend, however. J. has contracted the plague that took over our house last w
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Another fine article on iRobot’s new SUGV, already shipping, at Strategy Page. (Thx, Micro) Here’s a clip:SUGV can also perform outpost and listening post work. These are two dangerous jobs the infantry are glad to hand off to a robot. Outposts are, as the name implies, one or two troops dug in a hundred meters or so from the main position, to give early warning of an enemy attack. A listening post is similar, but the friendly troops are often much deeper into enemy territory. The SUGV battery
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Recalls: Gas grills, children's storage bins, table saws, folding … WSBT-TV, IN - 13 hours ago About 530 LawnBott lawn mowers, made in Italy by Zucchetti Centro Sistemi SpA and imported by Kyodo America Industries Co. LTD., because the cutting blades …

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at $14.99 each, you could unleash a whole swarm of the miniature vacuuming robots upon the filth of your apartment for the price of a Roomba
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Lol… here’s Robo Vacuum for your desk.  Robo Vacuum will suck and clean all your debris on your desk.  This is a great alternative to having a Roomba, which would be too big for any desk anyways. Picking up life’s little messes! The desktop robot that never gets tired of cleaning up your sloppy mess. Simply push the top button to activate suction and slide over dry crumbs, pencil shavings or other debris. Powered by two AA batteries (not included). Three colors to choose from. via gizmodo
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My Roomba is suffering heart failure, and can no longer work longer than 10 minutes, or so, before crawling back into bed. As much as I love Roomba, the $49 asking price for a new battery is just ½ the cost of entire rebuilt Roomba systems that Woot periodically features. Rebuilt, yes, but the battery is new. I can’t bring myself to squander the money, so I went looking. Here’s the complete how-to rebuild your battery pack with new than 12 Sub-C Cell NiMH batteries. That’s gr
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Robo Vacuum, Because That Roomba Would Never Work Anyway While a Roomba is a bit of a financial commitment, just US$14.99 will score you a passable alternative. This Robo Vacuum lacks the automated finesse of iRobot’s creation, but its handheld operation coupled with its rotund robot body will make it the most charming dust buster on the block.
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Robots are no longer idle figments of imagination. They have important applications in taking care of unpleasant and dangerous work. The business is one of the most useful parts of the Appliance & Tool Industry. Small capital stocks, like this one from Burlington, MA, represent excellent growth potential for investors. The company has just announced business results for the first quarter of 2008. March 31 2008 marked the completion of 15 unbroken quarters of sales growth for the company. Reven
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