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...dozen seconds to about five minutes. The secret of Catch-A-Bubble is a chemical that toughens when it comes in contact with air, producing sturdier, more resilient bubbles that can be touched, handled, tossed and even--with the right delicate touch--stacked on top of one another. INVENTOR Spinmaster Ltd. AVAILABILITY Now, $4 TO LEARN MORE www.spinmaster.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just For Fun | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...preprogrammed questions and read flash cards (as long as they're within her vocabulary of 650 English words and a smattering of German, Spanish, Italian and French ones). If all this gets to be too much, you can always switch Cindy off and braid her white-blond hair. INVENTOR Toy Quest AVAILABILITY Now, $99 TO LEARN MORE toyquest.com

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just For Fun | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...Planet in a mission set to launch next summer. The two solar-powered vehicles will travel up to 330 ft.--compared with Sojourner's 16 ft.--a day while using their nine cameras and three spectrometers to make scientific observations. First on the agenda? Looking for traces of water. INVENTOR NASA AVAILABILITY January 2004 TO LEARN MORE fido.jpl.nasa.gov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shops'N'Bots | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...entirely on its own, swooping up dust bunnies and stray Cheerios and zipping under beds and couches where mere humans can't reach. Its sensors keep it from bumping into walls and furniture or falling off staircases. When it finishes a room, Roomba beeps proudly and turns itself off. INVENTOR iRobot AVAILABILITY Now, $199 TO LEARN MORE www.roombavac.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shops'N'Bots | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...storing the perishables at a frosty 35°F). There's no smile with your service, but you do get the fun of watching a robotic arm grab your purchase. With convenience stores reporting a shortage of labor, don't be surprised if one opens on your block sometime soon. INVENTOR Automated Distribution Technologies, Inc. AVAILABILITY So far, only one in the U.S., in Washington TO LEARN MORE www.shop2000online...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shops'N'Bots | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

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