My friends have Roombas, and they look cool, but they aren't that smart.
There's something about this new Neato XV-11 that makes me feel: HOLY CRAP WE LIVE IN THE FUTURE. I also get a huge kick out of the low-fi production value. It feels like an SNL parody, only it's real!
Also, I can't get over the fact that it looks like a robot vacuum modeled after the Millenium Falcon.
vs.
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It's a bunch of 19 year olds too. Damn, feeling old.
The xx is the kind of band you can put on at a record store and sell 10 copies of it in 2 minutes. You know, High Fidelity-style.
The Beta Band for 2010.
The first photograph of the EVA as Ed White backs away from the Gemini spacecraft over the Pacific Ocean northeast of Hawaii.
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