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iRobot Moves Into Your House
MacAndrew writes "An NYT article today expands beyond an earlier /. and annoying futurism to a multiplying line of robots from iRobot, founded by some tinkering MIT grads in Somerville, MA. The robots have found applications ranging from chasing dust bunnies ($200) to exploring the Great Pyramid to bumping around Afghan caves for mines (a war reporter is another possibility), and so appear to be moving beyond the gee whiz Rosie Jetson stage of technology. I'm intrigued that their company name so bluntly builds off of Apple and Asimov symbols, and the prospect that a product with such a chummy name will doubtless soon be sporting lethal force (cf. Predator's recent adventures. So -- anyone get one for Xmas? Chanukah? Or just fun?"
First off, I see absolutely no similarity between this robot and a guided rocket with high explosives crammed into its nose.
Sure, you say that -now-, but you'll be sorry when your Roomba spots your Muslim Terrorist Prayer Mat and automatically detonates, eradicating you and your terrorist buddies in a ball of righteous, American fire.
a lump of coal and Windows XP. The former will be of a lot more use.
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.