How about an obvious improvement: the ability to negotiate stairs? Not everybody lives on a single floor flat!
This brings up another question: what would it take to change the tracking system to actually target the cat instead of avoid it? Avery Editor, ScowlZine
Let's see... expensive and marginally functional robotic vacuum system versus Luddite-proof central vacuum system, used in houses for 30+ years. Now, an automated whole-house cleaning system! That would be something interesting! Wait, no, they already did that... it's called maid service. Sigh. Nice ideas, but not really all that useful. Avery Editor, ScowlZine
Actually, a nit-picky point of clarification... Instant Messenger was created by MCIWorldCom (not sure if it was pre-merger or not) and is exclusively licensed to AOL. Avery Editor, ScowlZine
Avery
Editor, ScowlZine
This brings up another question: what would it take to change the tracking system to actually target the cat instead of avoid it?
Avery
Editor, ScowlZine
Let's see... expensive and marginally functional robotic vacuum system versus Luddite-proof central vacuum system, used in houses for 30+ years. Now, an automated whole-house cleaning system! That would be something interesting! Wait, no, they already did that... it's called maid service. Sigh. Nice ideas, but not really all that useful.
Avery
Editor, ScowlZine
Actually, a nit-picky point of clarification... Instant Messenger was created by MCIWorldCom (not sure if it was pre-merger or not) and is exclusively licensed to AOL.
Avery
Editor, ScowlZine