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Squeegee Clean Inventor: Blake Krikorian Availability: Now, $400 To Learn More: irobot.com Scooba, iRobot's follow-up to Roomba, the robotic vacuum, steals a few tricks from its predecessor to tackle a different chore: mopping tile, linoleum or sealed hardwood floors. With each pass, Scooba completes four tasks: it sweeps loose debris, sprays a special Clorox cleaning solution onto the floor, scrubs the surface with a brush and then uses a "squeegee-vac" to suck up the dirty water. Like Roomba, Scooba works around obstacles and has "cliff" sensors that prevent it from falling down stairs. Different sensors keep Scooba...
...products that have actually made it off the manufacturing floor are not all we're after. We're also interested in the great ideas to come--the ones still in the back of someone's mind but slowly taking form. For that reason, TIME is proud to be partnering with the History Channel and the National Inventors Hall of Fame to sponsor the Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge. From now through Dec. 31, budding inventors can submit their ideas to historychannel.com/ invent. Next April, 25 semifinalists will be invited to exhibit what they've come up with at a national...
...theories were on management and labor. He argued that if workers were allowed to participate in decisions, they would not only become happier and more productive but also provide valuable insights. CEOs prized his clarity. But everyone who labors in a cubicle, in the field or on a factory floor should prize Drucker too. He was a free-market champion and staunch defender of profits. But he showed us how those things need not be at odds with a dignified, productive work force...
...secret” advertising campaign appeared yesterday to have targeted Leverett towers—particularly F tower—as prime areas for the distribution of advertisements. The buttons for the elevators were completely surrounded by the small ads. The flyers were also all over the ground floor of F tower, and larger posters covered the bulletin boards. But some students didn’t notice a major difference between b.good’s advertisements and other ads. Harlan M. Piper ’08 said that next to the flyers for concerts and other events, the b.good...
...better sex, and it is important that we have access to free condoms because they can be expensive, inconvenient, and embarrassing to buy.” According to Ballinger, condoms are also available at counselling service Room 13 in the Yard, as well as on the second floor...