Re: Vacuum Cleaners from Outer Space

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:14:43 -0800, D from BC wrote:

I'm thinkn if it's used by the military, good chance it's good.
I can't imagine an army using one of those fangily plastic glamour
vacuums that looks like a transformers toy.

Like these?
<http://www.tiger-vac.com/pages/products.html>
They're specialized high tech vacuum cleaners used by the military for
things like radioactive cleanup and explosion proof vacuuming. Yeah,
I guess you're right. No clear plastic anywhere on these. No clue on
the price, but they all look expen$ive.

Vacuum cleaner manufacturers seem to have bigger plans. How about a
bomb disposal robot made by a vacuum cleaner maker?
<http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/12/18/tech-robot.html>

It's not a robot vacuum cleaner. It's an adopted "pet":
<http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/10/02/roomba-study.html>

Of course, vacuum cleaners have other uses:
"Worker caught having sex with Henry Hoover"
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/03/nhoover103.xml>

It's been a long time since I was in the military. As I recall, we
used a broom, mop, and bucket.

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