Tag: AUTOMATIC

Have you bought yourself a Slinky, but just can't find the time to play with it? Or, are you an obsessive compulsive Slinky-er, and absolutely can't stand the thought of your precious toy going to waste? Or maybe a high-paid executive whose Newton's Cradle has lost the thrill it once had? Well, inventor Jim Sellers has you covered. Sellers has created the Slink-O-Matic, a machine that will ...

Doing laundry itself isn't half bad, since you have machines that do the washing and drying for you. But folding? That's a different story altogether. Our t-shirts rarely come out of our laundry bag until it's time for them to be worn, and just end up completely wrinkled, as a result. But those days may be coming to an end as researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have taught a ...

Boy, it's a good thing 'The Love Boat's' Isaac is no longer on the air to see this one: He, like all of mankind in due time, has been replaced by a robot -- minus the sexual innuendo, of course. The $2,275 MyFountain is an automatic beverage dispensing system. Yes, other attempts at mechanized imbibery have come before it, but this puppy is a cut above the rest, boasting a touch screen, password ...

And speaking of clearing brush... The BIGMOW This is a robotic lawn mower that can trim up to five acres. Sure, Bush will need a whole bunch of 'em to handle the roughly 1,600 acre plot that is his regular hide away in Crawford, Texas, but that's more than twice the coverage of any other robotic mower... and every little bit counts. This fully autonomous mower even has floating blades to ...