I bought a new vacuum cleaner a few days ago.
So what??
Well, I'll tell you what... it vacuums by itself :) , its the Roomba from iRobot. As a kid reading science-fiction stories, I always wondered if I would ever see one or could hope to use a robot in my lifetime. But I would have never thought of a lowly vacuum cleaner as my first robot.
What makes the roomba really cool is this - set it down in the middle of a room and press the clean button, and you're done. It zips around the room cleaning dirt, cleans along the wall, avoids obstacles, even cleans around them, and if it finds more dirt at one spot, it stops and cleans harder at the spot. It really works really well, way better than the conventional vacuum cleaner I was using until then. While it's more expensive than a regular vacuum cleaner - if you buy a new one (I got my factory-refurb at about half price at Amazon), its really worth it, especially if you are an OCD / clean freak who loves vacuuming often.
But most of all, its the cool factor. Its a robot, a little helper that zips about and does something for you... makes your life easier, how cool is that!!
So what??
Well, I'll tell you what... it vacuums by itself :) , its the Roomba from iRobot. As a kid reading science-fiction stories, I always wondered if I would ever see one or could hope to use a robot in my lifetime. But I would have never thought of a lowly vacuum cleaner as my first robot.
What makes the roomba really cool is this - set it down in the middle of a room and press the clean button, and you're done. It zips around the room cleaning dirt, cleans along the wall, avoids obstacles, even cleans around them, and if it finds more dirt at one spot, it stops and cleans harder at the spot. It really works really well, way better than the conventional vacuum cleaner I was using until then. While it's more expensive than a regular vacuum cleaner - if you buy a new one (I got my factory-refurb at about half price at Amazon), its really worth it, especially if you are an OCD / clean freak who loves vacuuming often.
But most of all, its the cool factor. Its a robot, a little helper that zips about and does something for you... makes your life easier, how cool is that!!
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I'm jealous.
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