>From the articles I’ve read on Autonomously Controlled Vehicles (ACVs) the >technology literally driving such vehicles is far, far more complex than that >on board a household vacuum cleaner. I had been reading several articles on >DARPA’s specs for the ACVs and seems to me there was a minimum of nine >separate computer systems on board these; a system for various aspects of >navigation, transport control and accident avoidance. If these Roombas or any >similar vacuum cleaner deployed such complicated technology I seriously doubt >any of us on this list would be able to buy one! * * * * * * * * * Bill Gallik wfgal...@icloud.com
> On Jun 1, 2016, at 4:12 AM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> > wrote: > > Hahahahahahaha, and this is the technology they want to fit in the current > rash of robot cars! > > But I hope those have an accessible app, too. > > Wonder if they could test some of this technology on those little electric > scooters that are getting all the rage. > > BobH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <englishride...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 12:06 AM > Subject: Re: Roomba 980 with an app! > > > Getting rid of carpets also helps to call about allergies, as well as chronic > dry eye syndrome, which I have quite badly. > My husband and I currently own a Bob Sweep robot vacuum, and it needs quite a > bit of babying. What I mean is that it often gets > stuck in areas, such as underneath the edges of cupboards, under our couch, > or it bumps up against something, and thinks that > there's something stuck between it's bumper thing on the front and the back > you, which can cause problems. Also, it gets a lot of > hair stuck in the brush, and when that happens, it freaks out. Needless to > say, we are not super impressed. Oh, sure, it cleans > rather well, but I couldn't just go out for a few hours and have it vacuum > and be confident that it wouldn't get stuck somewhere > along the process. And this happens more than once per cleaning. This is also > supposed to be the pet version, which is supposed to > be better at handling dog hair and things than the original. > > > Thanks, > Ari > >> On May 31, 2016, at 7:26 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >> >> And while this may not be exactly on topic for the list, it does fit in with >> the discussion about vacuums: get rid of all carpets >> in favour of hardwood, tile, cork or bamboo and live a cleaner life. After I >> replaced the carpet in my bedrooms with cork I never >> looked back and it is ever so much easier to clean. I can guaranty that >> Bill’s vacuum trick won’t pick up a speck of dirt after I >> have vacuumed my cork floor and especially when you have a dog carpets are >> horrible and wall to wall carpets in particular. It was >> amazing how much dirt was under my wall to wall carpet when I finally ripped >> it out after 12 or so years even though I vacuumed >> regularly and had it steam cleaned once a year or so. >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Bill Gallik >> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 7:09 AM >> To: viPhone E-Mail List <viphone@googlegroups.com>; Peter Logan >> <pdlloga...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: Roomba 980 with an app! >> >> Please permit me to explain something quite basic to the concept of vacuum >> cleaners; I learned from first-hand observation when I >> had reasonably good vision. >> >> No matter how good any commercially available vacuum cleaner may be, there >> will always be some residual dirt left behind. While >> my late wife and I lived in Wheaton, IL. we decided to buy an Electrolux. >> We called the company and they sent out a very >> delightfully dapper gentleman for a demonstration. The then current vacuum >> cleaner we had a terrible job and we were ready for a >> definite upgrade (I’ll not mention the brand name of that vacuum cleaner). >> >> The dapper sales rep showed up and proceed to do the demo where he ran our >> sorry vacuum over about a five square area of our >> living room carpet. He then took his demo Electrolux, placed a handkerchief >> in the nozzle such as to serve as a filter and then >> proceded to vacuum over the same area previously done. After completing >> this exercise, he showed all the dirt caught in the >> handkerchief with all the “left behind” dirt. >> >> I then did the same thing (with a handkerchief) with our vacuum cleaner and >> once again cleaned over the “demonstration area.” I >> then showed him the dirt left behind by the Electrolux. >> >> That “demo trick” is something I had read about in a magazine with the >> supposition that any vacuum cleaner will not be able to get >> every spec of dirt. We bought the Electrolux from this dapper sales rep >> anyway because it was a markedly better appliance than >> the one we had at that time. >> >> The point is this, maybe the Rhumba won’t get every bit of dirt - but then, >> no commercially available cleaner will! >> >> ———— >> Bill & Leader Dog Holland >> >> wfgal...@icloud.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please >> contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list >> itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please >> contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list >> itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please > contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list > itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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