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Segway vs. Roomba
Jerry23 writes "We all knew it would happen. We just didn't know when. But Second Life's Cory Ondrejka has just blogged The Encounter: At last weekend's Accelerating Change Conference, Dean Kamen's demon seed, the Segway personal transporter, met Helen Greiner's lovechild, the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner, in a climactic crash that will echo through the ages.
And I quote: "That night also had what was, for me, the highlight of the conference. I refer, of course, to the ultimate convergence of technology. The perfect connection of human and robot. The consumate collision of 21st century geek products. I am referring, of course, to the moment that a Segway ran over Roomba."
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I wish I had this much time on my hands :-). These people are crazy nut jobs! I love it!
That wasn't Roomba, that was my foot you insensitive clod!
Segway wins, Roomba loses, owner of segway still doesn't get laid.
According to the blog, it was an accidental collision. I wanted wanton mayhem! The Segway with James Bond-esque spikes on its hubcaps. The Roomba spitting out dustballs with razors embedded.
Weak! Call me when they get the Roomba to vacuum up some gasoline and *then* battle. That'll be a fight for the ages.
"Yeah, the inverted pendulum is a cute trick, but then again, so is riding a unicycle. I wouldn't advise my grandmother to ride either one."
Somehow that made me think of this
Darn, I was under the impression that someone had invented some kind of riding vacuum cleaner with a built in navigation system.
Deltron 3030 - Virus (music video)
The wheel spun and smoked like a funny car doing a burn-out, and the guy went down so hard that his head bounced about six inches off of the floor.
Man, if only there were some way to get around this obvious safety deficiency! It would probably take tons more expensive electronics and a couple more gyroscopes or something...
The enemies of Democracy are
I own one, and apart from driving my pet beagle completely ballistic, it's great.
;-)
Apart from? That sounds more like a bonus to me!
Martin
Segway Vs. Roomba
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Screenplay by Peter Hutnick
INT. CAVE - NIGHT
A ROOMBA crouches over the remains of an expensive persian rug. It
hears a CLUNK and looks up.
CUT TO:
EXT. CAVE - NIGHT
A SEGWAY drops to the ground from it's ship with a CLUNK. It surveys
the mouth of the cave . .
-Peter
This could be the beginning of the first soap opera for the artificially intelligent.
The death-match comes later with the lawyerbots in cybercourt. Judge WOPR presiding.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
That is a horrible, horrible idea. Don't give it another thought.
Now where is that patient application?
I just found an upgrade to the Roomba. It costs about 1/100 as much, never breaks down, is environmentally friendly, usually lasts for many years, uses no power, and provides exercise:
Witness: THE BROOM!
I don't respond to AC's.
with huge spoilers and skirt kits.
I want 3!
Kudos to the parent; that's the funniest mental image I've had in a long time.
The only question is whether it will be a Summer or Winter Olympic event. My personal preferences is for Winter, so we can do it on ice. :)
~Idarubicin
What? Not pictures? No video?
The least you could to is recreate the incident... I'll volunteer my Grandma to ride the Segway. Ever since her eyesight went bad and her reflexes went south, she's cut her driving back to only 30 miles a day.
Give me my freedom, and I'll take care of my own security, thank you.
basically, it sucks!
My friend emailed me yesterday, he said I could have a Segway for a one month demo if I came to meet him in Union Square where the CityStreets people were showing them.
I was excited at first, but I couldn't figure out how I was going to get it home. Then I realized I may have to drive it home and it suddenly was not that exciting of an offer. I just wanted to crash it into the walls of my apartment for a month, not actually ride it in public.
I want to see two knights in armour with lances go at
eachother on the field of mortal combat, on segways.
(sorry, must've been something I ate...)