Get the refurbished iRobot Roomba Automatic Vacuum for $150 - $24 instant savings = $126 shipped at Buy.com. The iRobot Roomba is an easy-to-use automatic vacuum cleaner. It features high-efficiency particle vacuum and cleaning brushes, side brush with spinning action for cleaning the corners, and spot cleaning within an area of 3 feet in diameter. This robotic vacuum detects concentrated dirt and then cleans it with increased intensity. It ships with air filter and charger. Shipping is free
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Packs of robots will hunt down uncooperative humans The latest request from the Pentagon jars the senses. At least, it did mine. They are looking for contractors to provide a “Multi-Robot Pursuit System” that will let packs of robots “search for and detect a non-cooperative human”. One thing that really bugs defence chiefs is having their troops diverted from other duties to control robots. So having a pack of them controlled by one person makes logistical sense. But I’m concerned abo
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Soon your Roomba automated vacuum cleaner will have an outdoor buddy, the Automower.  Laden in solar panels, the mower can recharge its battery when the sun shines or return to its base station for an off the grid fill up.  Lawn capacity maxes out at .5 acres, which should be adequate for most Americans, and its 3 rotating blades are designed to cut the grass so fine that it decomposes quick enough to doubles as a fertilizer.  Hands and limbs won’t get severed thanks to a few security feature
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Case Study; Customer Service and Customer Surveys Posted in October 24th, 2008 Category:Customer Service Customer Service and Customer Surveys are a very interesting topic and it is amazing how much you can learn that you may not have even known about your own business by doing surveys. For instance iRobot makes those little vacuum cleaners for the house and they are indeed cool little tricky gadgets and the hottest […]
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John and I were up until midnight last night at the SVOSUG - Silicon Valley OpenSolaris User Group meeting. The event was held at the historic Sun’s Santa Clara Campus Mansion. See my 21 October 2008 blog for more. The meeting’s setting was charming and elegant. Sun’s 1913 Mediterranean Revival style Mansion was filled with arts and crafts furniture and geeks showing off and building computer toys. Over 20 people attended and the SVOSUG plans to hold another “Builduino” night in a few mont
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iRobot - $50 off iRobot Scooba 380 Say goodbye to mopping forever when you save $50 on the iRobot Scooba 380. Ringing up at $449.99 (reg. $499.99) this amazing robot preps, washes, scrubs and squeegees sealed hardwood, tile, and linoleum floors all on its own. Get free shipping on all home robots through 10/24/2008. Offer ends 12/31/2008. Visit The Bargainist for more.
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Pentagon Wants Bugs That Can Tell If You Are Trying To Escape 24 10 2008 Packs of robots will hunt down uncooperative humans The latest request from the Pentagon jars the senses. At least, it did mine. They are looking for contractors to provide a “Multi-Robot Pursuit System” that will let packs of robots “search for and detect a non-cooperative human”. One thing that really bugs defence chiefs is having their troops diverted from other duties to control robots. So having a pack of them
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Is that sanitary? Seen Wednesday in the kitchen at Khan’s Mongolian Barbeque in Richfield. Copyright 2008 Afterglide Media Thingy, LLC
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According to Xconomy, as of October 22, Helen Greiner has stepped down as chairman of iRobot. iRobot is a Massachusetts based company that makes the Roomba household vacuum robot as well as several robots for the armed forces like the Packbot. Helen was instrumental in founding the company in 1990 along with Rodney Brooks and Colin Angle. […]
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The comments at newscientist.com are filled with jokes about Robocop, Terminator and Clone Wars, but absent a successful neo-Luddite revolution, robots and AI are going to continue to evolve in this direction and beyond. I see it as the logical outgrowth of the same… read more
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