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Robotic Presence For a Telecommuter

Posted by kdawson on from the spooky-action-at-a-distance dept.

McGregorMortis writes "Ivan lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and telecommutes to work in Waterloo, Ontario. But in meetings, speaker-phones suck: can't hear everybody, can't move around, no visual contact. So Ivan made an IvanAnywhere robot to give him a physical presence in the office. If Ivan wants to talk to a coworker, he just steers radio-controlled IvanAnywhere into that person's office for a chat."

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  1. Re:Fun and non-productive uses for this: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You PC mouthbreathers need to stop deluding yourselves that you need Macs, or even that you're Mac-compatible at all. Real Mac users don't use Macs for the image, you pencil-pushers—it's not about being cool. It's about finding the right OS for your personality. And sorry to say, but most of you people just don't belong on the Mac.

  2. You Fa1l It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Satan's Dick And By simple fucking F7aws in the BSD

  3. Re:Brilliant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How about instead of telecommuting you get off your fucking ass and come in to work like everyone else. I'm so sick of lazy people that sit around their house all day pretending to work while the rest of us have to pick up the slack in the office for them.