Roomba 0.12

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Roomba

Roomba 04/10/2004 02:05 PM
0.11 released

I lust for a Roomba

I lust for a Roomba 02/10/2004 01:28 PM
I'm just listening to Helen Greiner's presentation of Roomba. She actually has one that she is running on the table, and the #etech -channel is filled with geeks declaring their instant love at the tiny little home robot.

Can't say I'm much different.

I seriously, seriously want one. Like now.

Update: Joi snapped a photo of me, relaxing outside :-)

Update2: I'm now a bit less enthusiastic. IRobot does in addition build the PackBot, which is a military bot. We were shown a cool video in which the PackBot? is thrown in through a window to a building, drives off the roof, and drives directly into a river; surviving all this stuff. It was apparently used during the Afghan war as well. It's just a matter of time before they strap it with guns.

More Roomba hacking

More Roomba hacking 07/14/2004 10:00 AM
Another group of hardware hackers have at a Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner:

"For higher level control, we've attached a Virgin Webplayer. The Webplayer was sold as a loss leader for Virgin's internet service in the late 90s, and thus can be found on ebay for under $100. It has two serial ports, a 200MHz Geode processor, 64M ram, and a miniPCI port. Thus, we can give it an 802.11b card, a webcam, and a usb-serial adapter."

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Revenge of the Roomba

Revenge of the Roomba 07/13/2004 03:41 PM
The profesor sent us this about the new and improved Roomba robot vacuum cleaner: iRobot yesterday announced some new versions of our Roomba line of robotic vacuums. Cool new features include a recharging docking station and a dirt sensor, in addition to many changes to make it a more solid product. For more details see the iRobot press release. According to their website, the new version also includes a bigger dust bin that holds three times as much as the old Roomba. I've also heard that Roomba hackers may find some interesting new changes inside too. But can it still be used to deliver beer?

Roomba Gets Overhaul

Roomba Gets Overhaul 07/13/2004 02:02 PM
Extreme Tech Jul 13 2004 5:46PM GMT

Roomba Discovery

Roomba Discovery 07/12/2004 07:39 AM

Oh hey, new Roomba! The Roomba Discovery is being pre-sold "exclusively [to] current Roomba owners" at the moment, but includes some much-needed improvements, like a self-charging Home Base which the Roomba will head to, automatically, when done cleaning (finally!), an "intense cleaning" feature (presumably detecting areas that need multiple passes, and a dust bin that's 3 times larger. Sounds like an all-around improvement, so good on them. The Discovery is currently being sold on the iRobot Store site for $250.
R ead - Product Page [NewRoomba]

Related
Australian Robot Vacuum Contender: Floorbotics [Gizmodo]
Trilobite Vs. Roomba: The Mystery Revealed [ArtOfSpeed]
Electrolux Trilobite Robotic Floor Vac Review (Bunny Not Included) [Gizmodo]

Roomba customer support

Roomba customer support 07/02/2004 04:35 PM
We have a Roomba at home to sweet our floor while we're out (it's really noisy). Yes, from iRobot makers of the "next step in unmanned tactical mobile robots". In other words: They are makers of robotic killing machines! Anyway, one of the evil cats ate the power supply some time ago, so it hasn't gotten much use lately. (Her cats, I usually say when they do things like that) I sent them an email through their online email form...

Back-door your Roomba

Back-door your Roomba 05/07/2004 03:35 AM
PT sez, "This week's "how to" article from Engadget shows how to put the Roomba Robot Vacuum in hardware check mode. This is a useful mode for Roomba hackers (and anyone else) to test the functions of the unit as well as see how the unit works, test the 'virtual walls,' clean specific parts and have some fun."

Pressing the L button for the 5th time (you'll hear 5 beeps) will put the Roomba in "bulldozer" mode, in other words it'll just roll forward no matter what, the sensors and bumpers and picking it up will not stop it. Be careful, don't let the Roomba damage you or itself.

Link (Thanks, PT!)

SmartCarpet Roomba Killer

SmartCarpet Roomba Killer 06/17/2005 06:15 PM

Foreign companies Vorwerk and Infineon are furthering the process of making Americans even more lazy. Research into the popular robot vacuum, Roomba, has shown the inefficiency of being able to cover all parts of the carpet. These foreigners are developing a robotic vacuum that interacts with RFID chips imbedded into the carpet. The robot uses the RFID transmission information to decipher whether or not it has actually covered all areas of the carpet.

Intelligent Robot Vacuum [Ohgizmo.com]

Trilobite Vs. Roomba: The Mystery
Revealed

Trilobite Vs. Roomba: The Mystery
Revealed 06/01/2004 01:53 PM

Ever wonder why the Trilobite 2.0 robotic vacuum is about $1,800 when you can get a good ol' American Roomba for as low as $160? Turns out, it's because the Roomba is, as robots are judged, pretty dumb. One of I4U's readers with a degree in human computer interaction and artificial intelligence wrote a nice piece about some of the major differences between the two robot vacuums, which he compares to the difference between a "Trabant versus a Rolls." Unfortunately, without one of them fancy AI degrees, the Roomba is the one I can afford.
Read [I4U]

Two Timing Roomba Discovery Reviews

Two Timing Roomba Discovery Reviews 07/15/2004 06:58 AM

< img src="http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/images/roomba_discovery.jpg" alt="roomba_discovery.jpg image" width="200" height="200" class="borderyes" border="0" align="right" vspace="5" hspace="15"/>We're going to give this New York Times' Circuits section review of the new Roomba Discovery a passing grade, if only because author William Grimes (oh ho ho) talks about torturing robots. It's good to know that when robots rise up against their fleshy masters, we'll all be able to blame Circuits. The new Discovery does well enough -- it's clearly an improvement over the previous generations -- but its still, ultimately, an expensive distraction to getting real cleaning done. And that's why I love it.

More Roomba and links inside.

Roomba is Sucking up Christmas Dollars

Roomba is Sucking up Christmas Dollars 12/19/2004 03:41 PM
A new CNET article notes that the iRobot Roomba is a hot item among Christmas shoppers this season. Best Buy claims it's the most popular gift item at their stores this year and the Roomba 4100 has also recently reached the number four position on Amazon's Housewares top sellers list (it has since dropped to position six). The San Mateo Daily Journal recently picked the Roomba as number six on its list of the top ten holiday gadgets. So you better watch out, Santa may be bringing you an autonomous robot vacuum cleaner this year.

Hack-Friendly Roomba Scheduler

Hack-Friendly Roomba Scheduler 06/24/2005 04:01 PM

CNET News.com gets freaked out when we link to their stories and use their pictures, so thank god iRobot has a picture of their new Roomba Scheduler on their site already. The Schedular is pretty similar to the Discovery, except it includes a timer function that can be set to activate the robot on a schedule (hence...). It's sort of an obvious, if welcome, upgrade, so the additional news that iRobot will be encouraging tinkerers to hack in additional features into this model is great. A Roomba with a camera is cool, but I think it's time somebody figured out how to make a Roomba that's smart enough to not eat cords.

Catalog Page [iRobot]
Trick out your Roomba [News.com]

Roomba Discover vs Sharper Image eVac

Roomba Discover vs Sharper Image eVac 08/10/2004 10:18 AM
Everyday Robots has posted a comparison of the Roomba Discovery and Sharper Image eVac robot vacuum cleaners. It's primarily a consumer-oriented review on points such as suction power and carpet types rather than more interesting things like hackability. But if you're thinking about buying a robot vacuum for its intended purpose, this could be a helpful review.
Grok Description matches for Roomba 0.12
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"Code Access Security (CAS) ? "Guilty
until proven Innocent" (Partially
Trusted Code) "

"Code Access Security (CAS) ? "Guilty
until proven Innocent" (Partially
Trusted Code) " 06/22/2004 04:03 AM

Code Snippets: Store, sort and share
source code, with tag goodness

Code Snippets: Store, sort and share
source code, with tag goodness 04/08/2005 07:52 PM
Code Snippets: Store, sort and share source code, with tag goodness

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"Code Snippets: Store, sort and share
source code, with tag goodness"

"Code Snippets: Store, sort and share
source code, with tag goodness" 04/09/2005 09:08 AM

OpenBase acquires Code Builder, RB
database code generator

OpenBase acquires Code Builder, RB
database code generator 03/23/2005 12:25 AM

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA -- March 22, 2005 -- OpenBase International, Ltd., has acquired Code Builder, developed by Open Minded Solutions. Code Builder is a database application code generator for REALbasic, a cross-platform development environment for MacOS X, Windows and Linux platforms.

Returning Your Available Character Code
Sets And Code Pages Via T-SQL

Returning Your Available Character Code
Sets And Code Pages Via T-SQL 08/18/2004 10:37 AM

Code Repository and Code Packs

Code Repository and Code Packs 04/11/2005 03:02 PM

Lowes.com: Zip code, what zip code?

Lowes.com: Zip code, what zip code? 09/27/2004 02:45 AM

Livewire: Beep! Beep! Ultra-Fast
Broadband Is Here (Reuters)

Livewire: Beep! Beep! Ultra-Fast
Broadband Is Here (Reuters) 08/28/2004 04:38 PM
Reuters - For Rainer Kinnunen, life has been a bit of a blur since he signed up for a superhigh-speed Internet service three years ago.

ZIP Codes and Postal Code Database
Subscription - Index [ZIP code, ZIP
codes, Canadian postal codes]

ZIP Codes and Postal Code Database
Subscription - Index [ZIP code, ZIP
codes, Canadian postal codes] 03/16/2003 07:18 AM
lookup zip code

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XML-Code-0.4

XML-Code-0.4 05/02/2004 10:02 AM

Sem@code

Sem@code 05/06/2004 01:45 AM

Semacode is an interesting implementation of an old idea reborn yet again (remember the Cat fiasco?) to take advantage of increasing number of camera phones to link real world to the cyberspace.  Check it out.

Code 3 For '05

Code 3 For '05 12/19/2004 03:16 PM
The latest Code 3 newsletter has announced a trio of cool Trilogy collectibles for 2005. Joining Attack of the Clones' Republic Gunship, fans can look forward to exquisitely detailed die-cast versions of Return of the Jedi's All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST), A New Hope's Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter, and The Empire Strikes Back's All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT)! For the latest details and updates on these items, watch Rebelscum or head on over to the Code 3 site and register for their newsletter.

What's in a code name?

What's in a code name? 04/09/2004 03:55 PM
While most technology companies do not have official policies on how they create product code names, they are almost always dreamed up by engineers with the understanding that the code names will be for internal use only. This is because employers know that a popular code name can help engineering teams build an emotional attachment to the product.

DF-Code

DF-Code 12/14/2003 11:01 PM
Common Source Added

The Code

The Code 03/11/2003 01:22 AM
Okay, Net::Blogger officially rocks. I posted the previous entry using a little script that took me maybe 7 minutes to write (including the time to install Net::Blogger). If you're curious, have a look at post.pl to see how I did it. There is so much cool stuff I can do with this....

Code 3-D

Code 3-D 12/02/2003 12:27 AM
Code 3 has just added a cool new 3-D feature to their die-cast X-wing and Millennium Falcon models. If you missed seeing these amazing collectibles at the conventions last summer, you can finally see what the hoopla is all about. Make sure to check them out!

Bar Code 128 v3.1

Bar Code 128 v3.1 01/23/2004 06:35 PM
Bar Code 128 prints bar code 128 directly from any Windows program. You get subsets A, B, C, & UCC/EAN 128. Includes standard and human readable versions of code 128, each in 3 different aspect ratios. Bar Code 128 even calculates checksums and bar code layouts for you. [Shareware $95.00 712 KB]

Bar Code 3 of 9 v3.1

Bar Code 3 of 9 v3.1 01/19/2004 04:17 PM
Bar Code 3 of 9 lets you print your own bar code 3/9 directly from Windows using TrueType fonts. You get both standard and human readable versions of bar code 3/9 each in six different aspect ratios. Our Bar39 utility program shows you how to use these fonts to make any bar code. Includes Full ASCII mode. [Shareware $95.00 667 KB]

zip code

zip code 02/10/2004 10:36 AM
zipcode

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The art of the bar-code

The art of the bar-code 03/13/2003 11:28 AM
BarCodeArt: a gallery of meat and digital artwork inspired by and made from UPCs. Link Discuss (Thanks, Brian!)

Bar code bust

Bar code bust 12/31/2004 10:26 AM
David Pescovitz: Two couples in Nashville were busted this week for printing out their own UPC bar codes and slapping them on products in Wal-Mart and other stores to lower prices. Allegedly, they were part of a larger ring in 19 states that over the last decade would buy the, er, "discounted" items and later sell the goods or return them in exchange for gift cards that they'd also peddle. Authorities say that the scheme defrauded Wal-Mart alone of $1.5 million. Link

Code-Genie v3.10.28

Code-Genie v3.10.28 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Code-Genie is a text editor designed for programmers and web developers, or just as a Notepad replacement. Features syntax-highlighing for HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, Java, C++, keyword-lookup, color printing, auto-complete and more. [Shareware $28.00 598 KB]

Code Beautifier

Code Beautifier 12/04/2003 02:32 AM
0.2 release

.NET Code Metrics

.NET Code Metrics 05/25/2004 01:26 PM
Project Started!

Sun gets liquored up on own code

Sun gets liquored up on own code 06/03/2004 02:15 AM
Sun Network Slosh the squeaky wheel

Code Jam 2003

Code Jam 2003 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Google, which previously sponsored the 2002 Google Programming Contest, 2003 Google US Puzzle Championship, CodeCon 2003 is now sponsoring something new: Google Code Jam 2003Do you have exceptional programming skills? Can you make computers perform like silicon puppets with just a few well-expressed commands? Are you at ease when faced with a hard stop and a group of peers evaluating every line of your code? Here’s your opportunity to display the grace of the true professional in a reward-rich environment. The basic idea seems to be that you're given a bunch of programming puzzles, and asked to solve them quickly and completely, and then you can try to throw edge cases to crash your opponent's code. (Sounds like the ICFP Programming Contest.) Code can be in Java, C++, C# or VB.NET. Winners get T-Shirts, cash, and a trip to Google. Registration opens October 1. Frankly, I'm a little surprised VB.NET is allowed but Python isn't, considering it's widely used at Google. Probably the TopCoder system they're using doesn't support it....

Displaying code...

Displaying code... 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
This is a cool little bookmarklet for escaping html/xml code to post. For now I just needed a quick and...

Offending code

Offending code 12/08/2003 05:52 AM
CNET Asia Dec 8 2003 4:50AM ET

C code cleanup

C code cleanup 04/20/2004 04:56 PM
new idea

Re: IA WebMail 3.x PoC Code

Re: IA WebMail 3.x PoC Code 11/19/2003 06:58 PM
Peter Winter-Smith (Nov 19 2003)

Roomba 0.12

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