Can they put panorama camera on the bottom so it can actually look under the couch to see dirt?
Dyson 360 Eye
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#62So, the HN comments are pretty much negative. People seem to be overlooking the most important thing. A hugely successful product in this category will be the spark that launches the home robotics revolution. More players, more money invested, etc. I'm really not sure why robots aren't already vacuuming our floors, raking the leaves and mowing our lawns by now.
I'm really not sure why robots aren't already vacuuming our floors, raking the leaves and mowing our lawns by now.
Eh, they are? It's not like this is the first of its kind. As far as I can see its claim to fame is a more powerful suction device, the other features already exist in other products.
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#63So, the HN comments are pretty much negative. People seem to be overlooking the most important thing. A hugely successful product in this category will be the spark that launches the home robotics revolution. More players, more money invested, etc. I'm really not sure why robots aren't already vacuuming our floors, raking the leaves and mowing our lawns by now.
Well, I think this already happened. About half the families I know have a Roomba robot vacuum or a knockoff.
But it's a big step from vacuuming floors to mowing lawns with sharp blades.
I don't personally have a leaf problem, but I would very much like to see a clever window-washing robot. Could be -- would preferably be! -- very slow and small. Something that runs constantly and could go home and charge/clean itself.
A sibling bot could clean bathtubs and sinks (and I would love to see toilets added to that list, but that may be a bridge too far).
I think robot vacuums are pretty established, but fall short of constituting a 'revolution'.
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#64Fantastically annoying page design. Scrolling takes many seconds to just show the next page, with no indication that anything is happening. Just blank blackness. Then each page requires you to hunt and click little circles with pluses in them, just to show a paragraph or two of copy. Would it have killed them to just present all the text at once? Perhaps use tabs or some other "normal" solution to the problem of want…
Yeah that page was a joy to use. I think you're browser was probably not rendering it. Looked great on Firefox.
Don't know why you've been down voted, it worked perfectly for me too - Google Chrome on OS X
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
You forgot to include your core argument - why did the vacuum become your favorite piece of tech in the whole house? EDIT: for the downvote mafia: I genuinely want to know. Not every short comment is a snark.
Hmm, yeah, why? I haven't reflected on that, so let me do so now: It's super light (a grown man can operate the vacuum and hold a beer with the same hand, while holding a baby with the other arm), and yet it is SUPER powerful (I just leave mine in MAX mode, which only lasts for 6 minutes between recharges -- but that's plenty). It's extremely, unbelievably easy to clean/empty (just push one button while holding it ov…
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#66Fantastically annoying page design. Scrolling takes many seconds to just show the next page, with no indication that anything is happening. Just blank blackness. Then each page requires you to hunt and click little circles with pluses in them, just to show a paragraph or two of copy. Would it have killed them to just present all the text at once? Perhaps use tabs or some other "normal" solution to the problem of want…
Any page that has a loading screen before showing me the content is a page I don't need to visit.
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#67"This unique 360° vision system uses complex mathematics, probability theory, geometry and trigonometry to map and navigate a room. So it knows where it is, where it’s been and where it’s yet to clean." I hate the "Oh, why don't we use slightly complex words to make the consumers feel impressed" marketing practice. Like when shampoo ads use phrases like "advanced [made-up-word] technology." Edit: That was a bit grump…
Unique? Hmmm... for a vacuum cleaner, maybe. For indoor robotics, not so much. It's fairly standard Visual-SLAM.
Not unique for a vacuum; Samsung have been selling SLAM-ing bots for four years, at least: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/samsung-navibot-sr8845-sr...
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#68Lots of negativity in the comments. A couple questions: 1. For the robotics people, is the "360° eye" camera an innovation, or is this already a standard component of robotic vision? 2. What's the next step for robotics in the house after vacuums?
Any task that humans really hate to do, but like or need to have done. In one giant category: cleaning. That includes dusting, cleaning walls and ceilings, cleaning showers and tubs and toilets, cleaning windows. Cooking food. Starting initially from simple things, evolving to more elaborate combinations. Chef3000 can now cook over 500 things! Self-cleaning! Mowing the grass. Some companies are already deep into tryi…
The total laundry system strikes me as something that's unlikely to be first deployed in a domestic setting. The initial iterations will be large enough and expensive enough that they'll need to be installed in malls, streets, airports, etc as a kind of very large vending machine: dump your stuff into the chute, swipe credit card, come back in 90 mins.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
There was a recent reddit AMA by a vacuum repair guy, talking about the best brands: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1pe2bd He was not impressed with dysons: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1pe2bd/iama_vacuum_rep... I have to say in my experience, having had 2 dysons - they both broke within 2 years.
Had a DC07 for ~13 years never had to touch it beyond rinsing the filters once. Of course the plural of anecdote is not data.
I had the same experience. Can't remember the exact model number but it was a normal upright model. That thing was amazing. Shame the wife got it in the divorce :( (heh)
The only things that broke were simple to replace (and pretty cheap to be fair) parts like the hose which split because I over stretch it one too many times. Can't really fault it for that though.
I have had wood floors everywhere now so make do with a dirt cheap hoover but if I had carpets I would buy another Dyson without question. It did such a fantastic job and maintenance was as easy could be.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
You forgot to include your core argument - why did the vacuum become your favorite piece of tech in the whole house? EDIT: for the downvote mafia: I genuinely want to know. Not every short comment is a snark.
Hmm, yeah, why? I haven't reflected on that, so let me do so now: It's super light (a grown man can operate the vacuum and hold a beer with the same hand, while holding a baby with the other arm), and yet it is SUPER powerful (I just leave mine in MAX mode, which only lasts for 6 minutes between recharges -- but that's plenty). It's extremely, unbelievably easy to clean/empty (just push one button while holding it ov…
So what are the cons? For one, it looks ridiculous, like a space weapon from a $300-budget high school sci-fi movie. But hmm that's about it.
And that's arguable. It's also probably not as powerful as you think. You can't use the Dyson handheld for vacuum bags, but any "drag a pod" vacuum will probably do the job. I think the spinning bristles really help to pull things of the ground or out of carpet fibres.
That said, I too have the Dyson handheld and agree, one of the best appliances I own. I really like the soft brush in the extra attachment kit you can buy. Now I can dust and vacuum the dust up at the same time.