Franklin Rolodex Electronics REX PC Companion (1997)
Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 1.0 (1998)
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)
The past fifty years have seen the development of a wide number of wonderful gadgets. Each of those years brought innovation and development, resulting in the panoply of useful assistive devices available to us today. The fifty gadgets profiled here are among the most memorable to become popularized in the past five centuries. Which of this selection of five to you consider the most groundbreaking?
TrackVac #48 Jimmie Johnson Robotic Vacuum Cleaner
Infinuvo CleanMate QQ-2L Robotic Vacuum Cleaner - White
A robot vacuum cleaner is a handy way to ensure that your living space is always well cleaned, without having to roll out a heavy manual cleaner yourself. These impressive little devices scurry around using your settings to make sure that they cover as much floor area as possible and sweep it all clean. Which of these robot vacuums do you like the best?
Roomba, iRobot's dominating floor cleaning robot, will face new competition with the newly unveiled Mint. The big difference: Mint doesn't just go randomly around the house: it uses an infra red beacon to identity spots that haven't been cleaned yet.
The past fifty years have seen the development of a wide number of wonderful gadgets. Each of those years brought innovation and development, resulting in the panoply of useful assistive devices available to us today. The fifty gadgets profiled here are among the most memorable to become popularized in the past five centuries. Which of this selection of five to you consider the most groundbreaking?
The Roomba 530 will vacume your carpets and floors for you, with a simple tap of a button, while Spykee the spy robot will help keep your home safe by allowing you to control it using a remote PC to see (with the help of its video camera) that everything is OK back home. In case you get lonely, Sony's AIBO ERS-7M3 Robot Dog will be there to keep you company. AIBO can understand 100 phrases both in English and in Spanish, and can say over 1000 words.
Dusting, sweeping & swabbing does not get rid of fine dust. Even the cleanest-looking spaces harbour dust & dirt. Dust floats in the air & settles on pillows, mattresses, furniture, dhurries & even soft toys. Thus, Vacuum cleaners helps in keeping the place clean all around.
The EOS 7D's Intelligent Viewfinder, an entirely newly-designed technology, provides approximately 100% coverage and displays user-selected AF modes as well as a spot metering circle and on demand grid lines. New iFCL Metering with 63-zone dual-layer metering system uses both focus and color information to provide accurate exposure even in difficult lighting. Do you want one?
iRobot has released new video of its Warrior robot, a beefed up version of the more well-known PackBot, demonstrating use of the APOBS (Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System), an explosive line charge deployed by a rocket, with a small parachute holding back the end of the line. The APOBS, iRobot says, is designed for "deliberate breaching of anti-personnel minefields and multi-strand wire obstacles." Do you like the idea of equipping robots with this type of weaponry?
VuPoint PDS-ST410-VP Magic Wand Portable DC 8.5 x 11" Scanner
HP CapShare 920 - 300 dpi x 300 dpi - Hand-held scanner
ALESTRON WPSPRO1EN Intelligent Handheld Scanner Text Scanner and
C-Pen Mobile Handheld OCR Scanner Pen Supports 238 Languages CPen20
A hand held scanner is a useful portable peripheral that turns your notebook computer into a mobile document capture station. These simple devices from various manufacturers take document scanning off the desk top and out into the archives and research stacks where it belongs. Which of these great hand held scanners would you most likely use to collect scans in the wild?
Oreck AV-701B Edmar Cord Floorvac 2 in 1 Electric Broom
A good bagless vacuum cleaner is a great device for keeping your floors and carpets clean. These modern innovations use bagless canisters which can simply be emptied into your regular garbage bin - no need to buy and throw out disposable bags. Which of these environmentally conscious vacuum cleaners do you like the best for you bagless cleaning needs?
