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Readybot; R2D2’s ancestor will clean your house

Written on June 24, 2008 – 4:46 pm
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten,

Clean the kitchen, pick up and sort all the toys, clean out the garbage, water the plants and wipe the table. That is what the Readybot, Roomba’s bigger sister, will be able to do in your house while you are away. This is clearly version 0.1, as you can see in the movie, but with a little imagination you can easily see this evolve into R2D2. The head is there and the arms too. Now all we need is a little speed and more intelligence and the ability to accept or deny friendsrequests on Facebook on your behalf.

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iPhone 2.0: will you be able to resist it, at $199?

Written on June 9, 2008 – 9:39 pm
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten,

I’m sure that if there would have been a ‘Buy’ button at my local Apple store for the new iPhone I would have clicked it today.

Check the new features:

3G, Push email, calendar, and contacts with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and new MobileMe patform. Maps with GPS which shows you where all your contacts are. New apps available through built in App Store. Only $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model.

Available everywhere in the world starting July 11. The only thing I gotta figure out is who will get what color here at home. I’m guessing white for Tessa to go with her MacBook and Black for me. What do you think?

Will you be able to resist?

Apple, gadget, iphone, lust, shiny object

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