Roombas are the latest hype in home robotics. They are small robotic vacuum cleaners that patrol your home, looking for new dust to suck. You can just leave them on, and they will keep your home clean. An they are not too expensive: around $300. Nice!.
During the last months, new uses of the Roomba have [...]
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27Dec06Wired Sunny Days
15Dec06I must admit that I’m not updating the blog as often as I’d like, but the problem of this lack of activity comes from my neighbour. Well, I can not really blame them, but that’s the closest reason. Let me explain it.
As in most European countries, Internet Providers in Spain require a minimum contract for [...]
Robotic Indiana Jones
02Dec06Archeology students can sleep better now. No more “you-have-go-down-this-tiny-hole-in-the-ground” exercices for passing their exams in Ancient Egypt. A new robotic Indiana Jones will help them cheat in these difficult tasks.
Reserachers from Egypt, Singapore, Britain, and Hong Kong have developed an archeologist robot that will be squeezed in the Pyramid of Cheops, in Giza, for dicovering [...]


