New research shows that as many as 700,000 microscopic fibres are released into the environment each time we do the laundry. It’s a problem with no easy solution in sight.
For a lot of us the original Game Boy was our childhood salvation from long car rides and other boring ordeals. And thanks to ThinkGeek, this Game Boy-inspired laundry bag might also be our salvation from bedroom floors covered in piles of smelly dirty laundry.
Willow Garage’s PR2 robot is designed to work in factories performing repetitive tasks, but unlike other manufacturing bots, it’s not purpose-built for a single job. Instead, it can be easily taught to perform almost any task — and that now includes almost handling every step required to do a load…