Electrolux unveils "vacuum shoe" concept

In an announcement sure to cause lazy people everywhere to raise their arms ever so slightly in glee, home appliance manufacturer Electrolux has revealed a "vacuum shoe" concept model. In order to accommodate the electric motor -- and store all the crap that you've left on your floor -- the concept design features a rather thick and ugly sole reminiscent of Cosmo Kramer's basketball sneakers, so you probably wouldn't want to do much walking outdoors in them. Seeing as this is just a concept model that's at least a couple of testing stages away from a real product, we wouldn't be surprised if the real model was even more "visually challenged." No matter, because a device that completes chores without the owner knowingly doing them is effectively impossible to price, although that doesn't mean Electrolux won't try. And if the vacuum shoe does manage to make it out of testing, it probably won't ship for a while: in other words, don't say we didn't warn you if the excuse of leaving mess around just "so you can have something to test it with when it ships" doesn't cut it with your significant other.

[jst sum1 @ May 11th 2009 5:28PM]

dez shoes are a gr8
idea but da colour s ugly
and da sole s 2 big

[Jlo_525 @ May 12th 2009 2:53AM]

tHiZ ShOeZ r bReTiFuL bUtT dAh CoLoUr PlZ cHaNgE iTz!!!

[ScooterDe @ Sep 19th 2009 9:42AM]

need. cannot afford a robot cleaner. Cut off the heel and make these house slippers; I'll be doing my bit for the family housework.

[derek @ Dec 17th 2006 1:13PM]

"a rather thick and ugly sole reminiscent of Cosmo Kramer's basketball sneakers"
HAHAHAHAH!!! That is hillarous
But these shoes look kinda... interesting

[eugene @ Dec 17th 2006 1:45PM]

Kramer was just going into business to sell the shoes. The guy named Jimmy, who always referred to himself in the third person, was the guy who had the shoes and wore them. Funny, funny stuff....

[Andy @ Dec 18th 2006 12:52AM]

Yep, it was Jimmy, but it wasn't Kramer. George was the one who was going into business with them.

[cptripps @ Dec 17th 2006 2:57PM]

I can already see it: the clean spot on my rug from the front door to the fridge to the bathroom. How do you pack any real suction into these things? I don't speak for everyone but walking every square inch of the rug in a good coverage pattern ain't my preferred way to spend a saturday morning.

[Brandon West @ Dec 17th 2006 3:22PM]

Now if they can just make them robotic so we wouldn't have to wear them around, it'd be perfect!! Man this is exactly what I have been waiting for, just like the voip/phone mouse combination!

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Dec 17th 2006 5:26PM]

This is awesome, now I no longer have to worry about tracking dirt in to the house, therefore I will no longer have mom yelling at me!

[Big Ed @ Dec 17th 2006 8:36PM]

What?! I still have to walk?!

[Jesse @ Dec 17th 2006 9:25PM]

This is honestly one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.

That is all.

[Lt_Ladle @ Dec 17th 2006 10:16PM]

just dont step on ur cat

[maddfajita @ Dec 17th 2006 10:17PM]

Wayne: It certainly does suck.

[Andy @ Dec 18th 2006 12:55AM]

Those Kramer shoes are real! I remember them more as George's shoes though, somehow the image of George wearing them stuck more.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AAD75/qid=1153667583/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/103-4514694-1467839?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&v=glance&n=3375251

[Sved @ Dec 18th 2006 8:04AM]

I remember that "thing" was one of the final results from the design boom competition.

[rave @ Dec 18th 2006 1:05PM]

Jewel thieves everywhere will be rubbing their hands in glee - these are just a stripped down rip off of those Techo-Trouser shoes from 'Wallace & Grommit in the Wrong Trousers'.

[tekdroid @ Dec 18th 2006 7:31AM]

I hear they'll be called Electrosux Deluxe.

[Isaac @ Dec 18th 2006 9:09AM]

I'm sure these can be easily automated... think of those little wind-up feet with the off-set bar between them, you wind them up and the walk across the table in a rather random pattern?

Take something like that and these Electrolux shoes, mate them with the Zoomba... Robotic self-walking vacuum shoes! Sweet!

[Bill @ Dec 18th 2006 2:00PM]

It seems like these could be made to use the action of walking to create the suctionwith maybe some kind of bellows not electric motors.

These look like if you reverse the flow they become hover shoes.

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[Shannon @ Dec 20th 2007 2:09AM]

Wow!! what an amazing shoes these are I have bought similar type of shoes from Finish Line at heavy discounts.