From rssfeeds@jmason.org Fri Oct 4 11:01:59 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34BDB16F22 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:01:34 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 04 Oct 2002 11:01:34 +0100 (IST) Received: from dogma.slashnull.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9480OK08793 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:00:24 +0100 Message-Id: <200210040800.g9480OK08793@dogma.slashnull.org> To: yyyy@example.com From: boingboing Subject: Robot census Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:00:24 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; encoding=utf-8 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-812.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,T_NONSENSE_FROM_40_50 version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: URL: http://boingboing.net/#85519849 Date: Not supplied A new census of the world's robot population reveals disturbing negative robot population growth, but still, our fleshless offspring's numbers point to a machinery future: Some 20,000 domestic-help robots were sold worldwide last year, half designed to mow lawns. Vacuum-cleaning robots were introduced late in 2001 and a study in Sweden found that 5,000 were sold in the last two months of the year. Window-cleaning robots are set to boom, said the U.N. study. Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks, Gatfishing!_) [1] http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021003/ap_on_hi_te/un_robots [2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/WM8CuKADkMJR