http://waelchatila.com:80/tags/vacuum/ Notes on Software, Engineering and Science en Wael Chatila Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:23:48 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://waelchatila.com:80/2010/03/01/1267514760000.html When my latest son was born I got a little worried since he didn't look at all like me. I decided I needed a discrete device to spy on my wife while I was at work. I started hacking my roomba and made a <b>G&#229;&#229;gleBot</b> (pronounced <i>/google-bot/</i>). G&#229;&#229;gleBot is a "home crawler" consisting of a vacuum roomba with an on board webserver and camera. While the vacuum goes about its business, it extracts text from the images it takes. The text is later put in a database on the roomba and searchable through a web interface. This was a good pretext for my wife. I, of course, also added the ability to remote control the roomba using AJAX...for spying purposes...hehe. <br/> <a href="http://www.gaaglebot.com"><img src="http://www.gaaglebot.com/building/r2.jpg" alt="GaagleBot"/></a> <br/> I created a dedicated site for the little fellow for fun with showcase app. <a href="http://www.gaaglebot.com">http://www.GaagleBot.com</a> <br/> <br/> This is the next version of <a href="http://waelchatila.com/2006/07/13/1152788433678.html">My AJAX Lego Robot</a>. I'm working on yet another version of my AJAX Remote Controlled thingies...stay tuned. AJAX Hardware Java Games & Fun Web http://waelchatila.com:80/2010/03/01/1267514760000.html#comments http://waelchatila.com:80/2010/03/01/1267514760000.html Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:26:00 GMT