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By day, it is a lowly vacuum, its shell a cheery red, sucking up dirt and unwanted filth. By night, in the darkness that is, it is the Roomba of Doom, a cold-hearted black, low-slung, sleek machine of doom, sucking up dirt and zapping unwanted filth (sp: intruders).
Because Roombas wander around the
house when vacuuming, have them store the layout of permanent objects in a matrix data set, and add one of those battery-powered shock-prod defense tasers. Then, at night, have it seek out movement found via IR cameras, placed around the house, that track anybody who breaks in.
Deer Aibo
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[theircompetitor, Apr 01 2006]
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Or anyone getting a midnight snack in direct contravention of doctor's recommendations. |
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good thing cats can run faster than the roomba. What happens of you have to visit the mens room during the night? |
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It doesn't track you, it tracks bodies entering the house via IR cameras. The cameras are connected to a computer and track the illegal body through 3D space, and wont mistake you for somebody else, unless you run up and hug them. |
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Or you could enter a temporary shut-off code into one of the security panels. |
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Can it have a shark fin on top, and a speaker that plays 'Jaws?' |
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[jhomrighaus] You have a men's room in your house?
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Is that the one with the dart board in it? |
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