400,000 Vacuum Bots by 2006?
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USB-powered vacuum
USB-powered vacuum
02/10/2004 02:41 AMOccasionally there's a USB-powered gadget that makes perfect sense,
like this mini-vacuum cleaner for keeping your computer clean and
tidy. Though we're almost disappointed whenever...
Deep Vacuum 1.0
Deep Vacuum 1.0
06/21/2004 05:11 PMDownload utility based on wget.
Aaron's Web Vacuum v2.35f
Aaron's Web Vacuum v2.35f
06/06/2004 08:13 AMAaron's WebVacuum is a program that downloads files from web sites.
The user selects the file types that he wants downloaded, and the
program automatically saves them to the hard drive. Excellent for
downloading all the pictures from a page of thumbnails, or all of the
mp3 files listed on a web page. [Shareware $15.00 20 days 1.43 MB]
Political vacuum 'a danger'
Political vacuum 'a danger'
07/06/2004 03:04 AMFormer US senator George Mitchell, who helped broker the 1998 accord,
warns of the dangers of a political vacuum.
Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum
Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum
08/16/2004 12:41 PM
I would have posted this up
about 5 minutes before now, but I noticed they only had three more in
stock, so I thought I should get there before you punks. Because lord
knows, there's nothing that goes together more sweetly than a
distended Hello Kitty head and a light, battery-powered sucking force.
And for $10, even! If this thing moves itself around by itself -
something that I'm sad to say probably isn't the case - I would buy 24
of them and set them loose around the house. It'd be cheaper than a
Roomba and at least 24 times as cute.
Also, have you noticed people saying kawaii a lot lately,
too? I doubt they are doing the clap and giggle. You gotta do
the clap and giggle.
Read -
Hello Kitty Desktop Cleaner - Pink (Duh!) [Jbox via RedFerret via Engadget]
More Hello Kitty yum yum links after the jump.
iRobot's Non-Vacuum Robot
iRobot's Non-Vacuum Robot
04/07/2005 12:44 PMRoomba is making something that isn't a vacuum, to be introduced
this year:
"It's going to happen this year. You'll see something new from iRobot
that's not a vacuum," said Colin Angle, chief executive and co-founder
of iRobot. "We're pretty excited about it."
The new robot likely will leverage technology from the Roomba for
a task like mopping floors or cleaning bathrooms, says Neena Buck, an
analyst with Strategy Analytics.
Anyone heard anything
more specific than this? (
Thanks, ionstram!)
Industry Shorts - Nexus: IRobot
Getting Ready To Unveil Newest Aid For Dirty Households
[RoboticsTrends]
Robots That Serve Beyond The Vacuum
Robots That Serve Beyond The Vacuum
06/01/2004 01:03 AMGoodbye vacuum, hello robot!
Goodbye vacuum, hello robot!
11/10/2003 11:38 PMCNN Nov 10 2003 4:55AM ET
Stanley Pastel Vacuum Bottles
Stanley Pastel Vacuum Bottles
04/13/2005 08:57 AM
Evincing the fondest memories
of finding a crushed peanut butter and mostly jelly sandwich had
smeared into my soccer gear, five minutes before practice, (true
story, sadly) Stanley has released a set of pastel colored steel
vacuum bottles for soccer mom's and Easter bunnies alike. The new
bottles are available in light blue, pink and violet for roughly $40,
but I've always been a Thermos<
/a> man myself.
Product
Page [Stanley via CoolHunting]
Hoover Recalls Vacuum Cleaners
Hoover Recalls Vacuum Cleaners
04/14/2005 03:23 PMCBS News Apr 14 2005 5:48PM GMT
$5 Hand Held Shark Vacuum
$5 Hand Held Shark Vacuum
04/28/2004 08:56 AMYou know, for $4.99, this Euro-Pro EP031 Mini Turbo Shark hand vacuum
might not clean out every steeze, or crevist, but I bet it provides at
least a fiver-worth of suck, which, let me tell you, can be a
surprising amount. Read [Amazon]...
Samsung's VC-RP30W Robotic Vacuum
Samsung's VC-RP30W Robotic Vacuum
12/02/2003 12:23 AMSeveral News agencies such as MobileMag have declared:
Samsung Unveils High-tech Robot Vacuum Cleaner Samsung's
robotic vacuum cleaner, identified as
VC-RP30W, vacuums your house the smart way: it makes a
3D
map and knows
which areas of your house needs cleaning. This is contrary to a
recent article that
says mapping less is better. This is also contrary to popular
robotic vacuums
that just bounce around your house unwittingly with hopes of
eventually vacuuming all the floor. This robot is no dummy. The
battery life
lasts about 50 minutes
a charge and when the battery gets low, it goes back automatically to
the charging station
for a recharge. You can program it to your desired start times to
start when you're away, and
you can even monitor the vacuum from work doing its work with an
internet connection and its
internal camera. With all this robotic intelligence and obvious great
design and crafting, you can guess why there's no mention of price or
availability yet,
but with
camera, internet connection,
charging station, etc, I don't expect it to be as cheap as a Roomba
but at least it's got to be some kind of world's first great
vacuum cleaning robot for
Samsung!
New Electrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot
New Electrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot
05/29/2004 04:50 PMNew Elextrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot
New Elextrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot
05/29/2004 06:00 PMSlashdot May 29 2004 9:27PM GMT
Panasonic B-flat Vacuum Tube CQ-EX5500D
Panasonic B-flat Vacuum Tube CQ-EX5500D
05/21/2004 08:31 AMThe Panasonic B-flat Tube CQ-EX5500D claims to be the world's first
car receiver with a built-in vacuum tube, a claim I have very little
trouble believing. The golden double-high unit also plays MP3s (from
CD-R) and has built-in amplification of...
Dyson DC11 Telescope Vacuum Shipping in
U.S.
Dyson DC11 Telescope Vacuum Shipping in
U.S.
06/07/2004 10:22 AM
I don't know when they hit
U.S. retail channels, exactly, but it looks like the Dyson DC11
'Telescope' vacuum is now available in the U.S. Amazon has it for
$500. The idea behind Dyson vacuums is that a bagless 'cyclone'
section continually provides suction separate from the filter and
collection so that collected dust and dirt doesn't clog up the
airflow. Guess it is the DC11 I've been seeing on bus stops and not
the DC08. Also, I have no idea if they're any good -- I just like them
because they're yellow.
Read - Product Page [Dyson]
Read [Amazon]
Related
Dyson's Tiny DC12 Powerhouse Vacuum [Gizmodo]
Dyson DC06 Robotic UltraVac [Gizmodo]
Some Fear Power Vacuum as C.I.A. Loses
Its 2 Top Leaders
Some Fear Power Vacuum as C.I.A. Loses
Its 2 Top Leaders
06/04/2004 10:05 PMGeorge J. Tenet and James L. Pavitt have steered the nation's covert
war on terrorism since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Phil Baker and the Robot Vacuum
Challenge
Phil Baker and the Robot Vacuum
Challenge
07/16/2004 08:46 AM
In an amazing bit of promotion for iRobot (the
company, not the travesty), one of the new Roomba Discoveries has
written a comparison review for San Diego Source, putting an
Electrolux Trilobite and columnist Phil Baker in an head-to-head
deathmatch to answer the home automation question of our time: Can an
$1,800 euro-robot clean floors more effectively than a technology
columnist? Surprisingly, while Phil Baker is almost $1,500 cheaper
than the Trilobite (at $250), his performance stands up fairly
compared to the more expensive model, although he does have a tendency
to leak some dust out of his waste pan when picked up. Score one for
the journos!
Read - Robotic vacuums not yet substitute
for human touch [SDDT]
Related
Two Timing Roomba Discovery Reviews [Gizmodo]
Roo
mba Discovery [Gizmodo]
Dyson's Tiny DC12 Powerhouse Vacuum
Dyson's Tiny DC12 Powerhouse Vacuum
05/26/2004 10:40 AMDyson revealed a new vacuum cleaner yesterday, the DC12, which is
making a good claim to be the world's smallest vacuum cleaner. With
dimensions that would keep it inside an 8 by 10 by 12-inch cube, the
tiny vacuum also...
Australian Robot Vacuum Contender:
Floorbotics
Australian Robot Vacuum Contender:
Floorbotics
06/09/2004 10:57 AM
Uh oh! Are the robotic
vacuum cleaner wars about to get hotter? Can Australian newcomer
Floorbotics de-throne the champion Electrolux Trilobite? Can anyone
afford a $1k robot vacuum? Does anybody care? Will the larger
industrial version called the IVAC teach the others how to overthrow
their meat-clad masters? Are you going to eat that hot dog? Can I have
it?
Read
[I4U]
Related
Trilobite Vs. Roomba: The Mystery Revealed
[Gizmodo]
Tungsten Grinder With Vacuum For
Automatic Arc Welding
Tungsten Grinder With Vacuum For
Automatic Arc Welding
04/11/2005 04:03 AMThe Diamond Ground Products Model DGP-3-V2 grinding system provides
precision ground arc welding electrodes cut to length with high
quality, consistent tip geometry for automatic arc welding. Available
optional vacuum system provides the user with dust evacuation and
storage. [PRWEB Apr 11, 2005]
The Bots Are All Right
The Bots Are All Right
04/11/2004 06:24 PMSome Creative Commons-licensed,
political-mash music from "the
Internet's first virtual band."
Bad, Bad Bots
Bad, Bad Bots
12/19/2004 03:37 PMIRC bots
IRC bots
05/14/2004 03:25 PMSo
cial Network Bot.
IRC Junkie reports of PieSpy 0.4.0:
Those who like
toys, or are interested in social networks will like this bot. It is a
“social network bot“ which renders diagrams
that show the social structure of a channel.
“I’ve
just released PieSpy version 0.4.0” PieSpy coder Paul Mutton said
to IRCJunkie. “It will probably never reach 1.0,
as
that’s just the way I version things :)”
This
new version contains the tracking of nick changes, “which was the
most popular feature request” , and faster rendering of the
images showing the social networks.
“You can now apply
different weightings to each of the heuristics that are used to infer
relationships and the source code has been refactored so it is now
very easy to make your own inference heuristics” , Paul
adds.
You can find PieSpy here.
O’Reilly will release a book shortly by Paul Mutton,
“IRC Hacks, 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools”.
[The Social
Software Weblog]
This fits in well with the hecklebot and dashboard - two other kind
of botty IRcy thingies.
SMC Introduces the ZQ to its Family of
Compact Vacuum Generator Modules
SMC Introduces the ZQ to its Family of
Compact Vacuum Generator Modules
06/26/2004 03:01 AMSMC Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of pneumatic
automation products has announced the release of the ZQ Compact Vacuum
Generator & Control Module. Each full-function vacuum module is only
10mm wide, yet comes with a built-in vacuum venturi, 30
suction filter with replaceable element, long-life solenoid valves,
and a digital vacuum switch. ZQ manifolds also come standard with
One-touchTM tube fittings for easy air supply and pilot exhaust
connections. [PRWEB Jun 26, 2004]
Al Qaeda Members Appear to Fill Power
Vacuum -NYT (Reuters)
Al Qaeda Members Appear to Fill Power
Vacuum -NYT (Reuters)
08/09/2004 11:57 PMReuters - A new generation of al Qaeda
operatives appears to be filling a vacuum created when leaders
were killed or captured, the New York Times said on Tuesday,
citing interviews with two senior intelligence officials.
Booth Bots?
Booth Bots?
07/26/2004 11:08 PMInstead of booth
babes, geeks at the 2004 AAAI
National Conference may be seeing booth bots. Robots particpating in
the annual Robot
Competition and Exhibition will be required to work in the vendor
booths at the convention as part of the contest. The robots will have
to
register themselves for the conference, find their assigned booth,
and
interact with human particpants doing things such as escorting them to
destinations within meeting hall. Each robot will also have to arrive
at
a pre-scheduled time and location to present a talk to the humans. A
CMU press
release says that Grace and George, a
pair of social robots developed by researchers at CMU and two other
labs, will be
working the show.
Wired bots.
Wired bots.
04/19/2004 04:28 PMTutorial: make your own AIM/MSN chat bot with Perl .. programming
involved in Building an AIM bot .. Roll your own IM
Bots
wiredbots.com/tutorial.html
track this
site | 4 links
Bluetooth Bots
Bluetooth Bots
09/02/2004 05:14 PMA David Pescovitz article
in the TheFeature.com describes the use of the Bluetooth protocol in
robotics. Among the robots mentioned are a bio-inspired, vision-based
robot
blimp from the Autonomous Systems
Lab of the EPFL and the Seiko-Epson mini helicopter
robot that we reported on last month. Ironically, support for
Bluetooth, which has never achieved much popularity, was dropped
by Ericsson recently.
Pandora Bots
Pandora Bots
11/01/2003 07:27 AMPandora Botshttp://www.pandorabots.com/Welcome to pandorabots.com, the place where you can create and
unleash virtual personalities. Pandorabots.com is an experimental
software robot (bot) hosting service based on the work of Dr. Richard
Wallace and the A.L.I.C.E./AIML free software community (
www.alicebot.org).
From any
browser, you may create, design and publish your own software robots
– and make them available to anyone via the Internet. Click here to
sign-up for an account to begin creating your own virtual robots. If
you already have an account, please sign-in below with your email
address and password.
Will Segways become battlefield bots?
Will Segways become battlefield bots?
12/07/2003 10:53 PMAOL launches program for AIM bots
AOL launches program for AIM bots
09/20/2004 07:09 AMAmerica Online Inc. (AOL) is launching a program Monday to promote and
facilitate the creation of what it calls AIM Robots for its AIM
instant messaging system.
Birth of the Bluetooth Bots
Birth of the Bluetooth Bots
09/02/2004 06:44 AMThe Feature Sep 2 2004 9:49AM GMT
Bots-Only Poker Tournament
Bots-Only Poker Tournament
06/17/2005 03:45 PMIf our las
t post on bots in online poker is any indication, a lot of you
might be interested in this LA Times
Article:
The march of the machines will be celebrated in Las Vegas next
month with the world's first money tournament for robots — and the
$100,000 prize is drawing a handful of coders out of anonymity.
The emerging technology does more than raise the stakes for real
people and online casinos. It also raises fundamental questions about
how far computers have come in mimicking and improving on human
behavior, and about how far they can go in the future.
The article goes on to quote some AI folks stating that getting a
computer to master poker will probably drive AI forward far more than
a computer winning chess or backgammon, since it's such a
psychological game, and involves understanding human patterns.
Sadly, this poker tournament will not include my favorite parts of
a local Texas Hold'em tournament. Namely, eating too many chips and
laughing so hard that I nearly fall out of my chair.
Via Waxy.
Hackers Use People as Bots
Hackers Use People as Bots
01/29/2004 02:49 AM
Cory Doctorow describes
how some creative hackers are using people as bots to workaround
'captchas', images
of distorted text, which is used to protect against bots by
websites such as Hotmail
and Register.com.
The ingenious crack is to offer a free porn site which requires
that you key in the
solution to a captcha -- which has been inlined from Yahoo or
Hotmail -- before you
can gain access. Free porn sites attract lots of users around the
clock, and the spammers
were able to generate captcha solutions fast enough to create as
many throw-away email
accounts as they wanted.
The darkside aside, I am impressed by their ingenuity. But
then I guess it is
easy to think outside the box if you were never inside the box to
begin with.
Adam-Bots Programmer CD
Adam-Bots Programmer CD
09/16/2004 09:09 PMWelcome, initial status report
Bots and Humans Play Together
Bots and Humans Play Together
01/01/2004 12:20 PMBots and Humans Play Togetherhttp://snipurl.com/3m2eJoining a pickup ball game is a good way to get to know people. It
might also be a good way for humans and robots to learn to work
together. To that end, CMU researchers are putting together mixed
teams for soccer, with the Segway scooter as the common
denominator.
Air Force PreggoRobo Guard Bots
Air Force PreggoRobo Guard Bots
06/30/2004 11:09 AM
Bless the maker, I think this Air Force patrol robot is giving birth
to a smaller, tracked robot. Oh, it is! That's it, I don't care if
this guard bot can shoot missiles or distinguish between hostile or
friendly targets; hell, it could kill us all on a lark for all I care.
Military robots giving birth to smaller robots? Let's order dozens
immediately.
Read - Air Force
testing robots as security guards [MSNBC]
Related
Inside Sarcos Exoskeleton Lab [Gizmodo]
Pekee Mobile Robot Platform [Gizmodo]
SpyBot Wall Climbing Camera Bot [Gizmodo]
VIA Technologies Demos Bots in Las Vegas
VIA Technologies Demos Bots in Las Vegas
11/19/2003 11:42 AMLinux Electrons says that
VIA Technologies is demoing PC-Bots this week in Las Vegas.
Via
Technologies is a
maker of Mini-ITX motherboards and has taken initiative in working
with the
robotics community to power the Robotics Revolution. Mini-ITX boards
allow
robots to utilize the powerful of x86 platform but still allow for
efficient power
and small size. These tiny PC boards are compatible with Linux or the
Windows platforms
and are great for robotics.
The powerful PC-Bots that were showcased were the 912 Robot by
White Box
and the IO from
RoboDynamics.
They even had a
robot petting zoo for the
kiddies. If your robot is not PC based, perhaps now would be a great
time to upgrade and make your bot be a PC-bot too?
Grok Description matches for 400,000 Vacuum Bots by 2006?
GrokA matches for 400,000 Vacuum Bots by 2006?
Roomba Discover vs Sharper Image eVac
Roomba Discover vs Sharper Image eVac
08/10/2004 10:18 AMEveryday 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.
Vacuum casting machine features
ultra-fast casting speed and simple
maintenance
Vacuum casting machine features
ultra-fast casting speed and simple
maintenance
06/04/2004 05:05 PMTopcast Engineering™ TVC vacuum casting machine offers new features
for a wide range of metal alloys: Ultra fast speed, simple and fast
maintenance, cheap graphite crucible, low inert gas consumption, fully
programmable. [PRWEB May 29, 2004]
Smart Carpet for RoboVac Navigation
Smart Carpet for RoboVac Navigation
06/17/2005 07:11 PMVorwerk, a German company, is working on a Smart Carpet
system to help robotic vacuums navigate. The system uses radio
frequency identification (RFID) tags at
approximately one tag every 1.5 inches square attached to the
underside of the carpet. The robotic vacuum would have a grid map of
all the unique RFID tag codes and an RFID reader so it would be able
to read where it is at any given moment. A robotic vacuum should then
be able to intelligently navigate even remembering which areas it has
missed and be able to go back and vacuum those spots.
Ionic Breeze of Death (Well, Not Really)
Ionic Breeze of Death (Well, Not Really)
04/13/2005 08:57 AM
The
Washington Post is running a story about the Sharper Image's 'Ionic
Breeze' air fresheners, passing on information from Consumer
Reports that details a dangerously high level of incidental ozone
generation when using the device. It's not just the Ionic Breeze that
has the problem (some other similar 'ionizers' also dump excess ozone)
but with over 1 million (proudly!) sold, The Sharper Image seems to be
bearing the brunt of the criticism. Perhaps that's because of the
libel suit they filed against Consumer Reports in 2003 over
similar findings, which was tossed out by a federal judge.
Anyway, if you've got an ionizing air cleaner, the article is a
must-read. Excess ozone isn't healthy at all.
Into Thick Air [WashingtonPost via BookOfJ
oe]
Sharper Image earnings jump on Internet,
catalog sales
Sharper Image earnings jump on Internet,
catalog sales
05/20/2004 07:06 PMMiami Herald May 20 2004 11:16PM GMT
Sharper Image: All Hot Air?
Sharper Image: All Hot Air?
05/27/2004 10:54 AMGreat sales, great earnings, sinking stock price. What gives?
400,000 Vacuum Bots by 2006?
