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Turn Your Roomba Into a Household Google Bot

Posted by timothy on from the check-the-pantry-from-the-store dept.

Wael Chatila writes "By adding an on-board computer and a camera on a Roomba, the Roomba can be used to index your home. As a bonus, you can also control the Roomba across an internet connection, and see the images from the camera — a spybot for you to check on your own home while you are out."

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  1. Pics! by Computer_kid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Some screen shots of the OS: http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-03-01/north-korea-cyber-weapon.html?fullstory & http://ashen-rus.livejournal.com/4300.html. I wonder where they get there computers from?

  2. Re:I know how this ends. by mhajicek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My, that was a yummy mango.