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Tim Sanders: The Likeability Factor : How to Boost Your L-Factor and Achieve Your Life's Dreams
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It's a Cleaning Robot Christmas. Three of the top 15 (as of this writing) items on the Kitchen & Housewares Top Sellers list at Amazon.com are cleaning robots. Could it be the ultimate husband gift for the practical woman? A cool techno gadget he can play with while also a "practical" gift for the woman. Do women really see the value in things like Roomba robots or would they rather have one of the goodies on Oprah's favorite things list?

So much energy and attention is focused on making humanoid robots but it's these types of limited function robots that will rule the day for the immediate future. Viva la machina!

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Monday, December 12, 2005 in Current Affairs, Design, Marketing, Personality Brands, Robots, Television, Thinking, Trends, Web/Tech | Permalink

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