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Thursday, 1 July 2010

HERB


Short for Home Exploring Robot Butler. When it isn't hunting Sarah Connor, it hands out bottles of Fuze.

Interesting technology, but I see some consumer resistance if they plan to market it as a butler. The idea of a mechanical Jeeves to fetch the tea is tempting, but as far as I recall the flesh and blood Jeeves never stood behind Bertie Wooster's chair with metal claws poised to clutch and rend.

Call me old fashioned, but it's hardly feudal, is it?
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4 comments:

  1. MichaelThursday, 1 July 2010 at 12:31:00 GMT-7

    Add the new "Auto Bin" (today's Daily Mail and even taking out the rubbish goes badly for Ms Connor!
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1291142/DustCart-The-bin-wheels-robot-picks-rubbish-call.html
    Hope you don't mind the link but I hope you find it amusing.
    TTFN
    :)

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  2. SergejThursday, 1 July 2010 at 12:56:00 GMT-7

    It's Gog! From the movie! He's taken off his Dalek suit and hidden his flame thrower somewhere, but I'd recognize those beady video cameras anywhere!

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  3. jayessellThursday, 1 July 2010 at 18:21:00 GMT-7

    I saw 'home exploding'.
    It's my bedtime.

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  4. jayessellFriday, 2 July 2010 at 12:47:00 GMT-7

    At least it's not H.E.R.B.I.E. of the animated Fantastic Four.

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