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People's Emotional Attachment to Roombas Bodes Well For Inevitable Sex Robot Industry [Robots] (Gizmodo)
# robots A new study shows that people emotionally bond with their Roombas, giving names and arbitrary genders to their robotic vacuum cleaners. And gee whiz, they can't even sleep with these robots! More »
Curiosities: Will there be a helpful robot in your home in the near future? (Wisconsin State Journal)
Question: TV often portrays robots in homes,doing household tasks. How likely is this in the near future?
People's Emotional Attachment To Roombas Bodes Well For Inevitable Sex Robot Industry (Gizmodo Australia)
A new study shows that people emotionally bond with their Roombas, giving names and arbitrary genders to their robotic vacuum cleaners. And gee whiz, they can't even sleep with these robots! (more…)
Welcome to the Future (GoldSeek.com)
We are in an era of accelerating change, moving toward a future that will be profoundly different from the past we grew up in. But what will the nature of that change be? What will the future look like?
More digital goodies from Samsung (The Star)
SINGAPORE: Samsung gave the media a peek at its 2010 product lineup at an event recently and some of the highlights include new offerings in the areas of digital imaging and IT solutions.
Turn Your Roomba Into a Household Google Bot (Slashdot)
Wael Chatila writes "By adding an on-board computer and a camera on a Roomba, the Roomba can be used to index your home. As a bonus, you can also control the Roomba across an internet connection, and see the images from the camera — a spybot for you to check on your own home while you are out." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Samsung shows off Navibot vacuum cleaner robot (The Inquirer)
Ian Williams THE INQUIRER Video Camera maps ceiling for more thorough cleaning
Coeur d'Alene Press (Coeur d'Alene Press)
Photo by SHAWN GUST/Press Mike Gilmond, store manager at Batteries Plus in Coeur d'Alene, test the battery in a device Monday for shop patron Bob Nilges, right.
USS Freedom leaves Mayport on maiden deployment (The Florida Times-Union)
ABOARD THE USS FREEDOM - The chief petty officer flipped from screen to screen, transferring fuel, monitoring electrical systems and making sure the engines were in fine shape.
How much do you love your Roomba? (Yahoo! Tech Advisors)
Maybe you've got a grizzled old cat that brings you treasures from the wilds. Or a little puppy who still hasn't learned to go outside to do his business. Either way, you love the little creature, and that's natural. Pets are a treasured part of our lives and we humans quickly become attached to them. For some owners, there's another treasured member of the household lurking underfoot: The ...
