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Sci-fi tech that came true

Sci-fi tech that came true

...Before iRobot's Roomba, there was Rosie. The iconic, robotic housekeeper from the 1960s cartoon TV... Read more

3 September, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Best technology of 2011: Mary's utterly personal picks

We test and use so much technology that it's easy to get blasé. Smartphone with a 5" screen and video chat? Pens that... Read more

31 December, 2011
CES: Robots talk, massage and clean floors

CES: Robots talk, massage and clean floors

...sell for $299.99 (£189). The company has also updated its popular Roomba series of robot vacuum cleaners. According to the company, the latest Roombas... Read more

14 January, 2011 by Tim Hornyak

Photos: Apple's Antennagate, Farnborough air show and Windows Phone 7

...of iRobot last month. While iRobot may be best known for the Roomba, its cute vacuum-cleaning robot, its signature product is just the tip... Read more

2 August, 2010 by silicon.com staff

My friend, the robot

...so on your own?We already sell eldercare robots; they are called Roomba and Scooba. When we look at the people who were the earliest... Read more

26 May, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Revealing the future of robotics

...officer of iRobot and one of the principal architects of iRobot's Roomba vacuum. On Tuesday, RoboBusiness 2007, an international conference showcasing consumer, commercial and... Read more

29 May, 2007 by Candace Lombardi

'Minesweeping' robot keeps carpets clean

...The Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner has a new mission: to seek and destroy. IRobot... Read more

13 July, 2004 by Michael Kanellos
<endeca_term>Roomba</endeca_term> MADNeT: A Mobile Ad-Hoc Delay Tolerant Network Testbed

Roomba MADNeT: A Mobile Ad-Hoc Delay Tolerant Network Testbed

The authors have built a Mobile, Ad-hoc, Delay tolerant, Network Testbed (MADNeT). Their testbed is geared towards... Read more

29 November, 2007
Photos: Microsoft's new parallel programming toolkit

Photos: Microsoft's new parallel programming toolkit

This is a sample script for iRobot Create or Roomba Read more

11 November, 2008 by Peter Ibbotson
Photos: Humanoid robots come to life at MIT

Photos: Humanoid robots come to life at MIT

...officer of iRobot and invented the proprietary technology that goes into the Roomba vacuuming robot and Scooba floor-scrubbing robot Read more

16 May, 2007 by Candace Lombardi

Microsoft launches free robotics software

...simulated. Compatible with several different pieces of hardware, such as iRobot's Roomba or Lego Mindstorms NXT "tribot", the software lets enterprising gadget enthusiasts command... Read more

13 December, 2006 by Stefanie Olsen

Is the world ready for the self-aware robot?

...robots? Are there, if you will, social strata — you have things like Roomba the vacuum cleaner, and you have assembly line machines, but then you... Read more

12 April, 2005 by John Skillings

Aibo gets wheels

...working to popularise consumer robots. IRobot, a privately held company, recently unveiled Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner. "With the holiday season upon us we thought... Read more

16 October, 2002 by Margaret Kane
Roomote 1.0

Roomote 1.0

...THIS APP! IT IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS!Roomote (a Roomba remote) only works for people with a very particular hardware setup, so... Read more

31 March, 2010

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

27 minutes ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

8 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

9 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

11 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

13 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

13 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

13 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

16 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

17 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

18 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

19 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

20 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

21 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

21 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry