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DIY RC floor sweeper
Uncomfortable trusting such an all-important task as cleaning the floors to the machines but also not willing to get off the couch? Well, our lazy, tinfoil hat-wearing friends, you now have an alternative to putting up with dirty floors, though you will need some (very) minimal DIY skills. Windell of the Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories seems to have shared your dilemma and whipped up this little solution, combining the wonders of Swiffer technology with the human-controlled safeness of RC cars. While the parts list includes a blank printed circuit board, rest assured, there's nothing fancy going on under the hood here -- it apparently just happens to be perfectly designed for mounting dust mops to toy cars. [Via MAKE:Blog]
RC Rover runs on steam, human fear
Mad scientist Steam-powered RC enthusiast I-Wei Huang, has posted yet another impressive creation over at his website, Crabfu. The six-wheeled RC Steam Rover was born of a decidedly retro-looking Cheddar Puffin engine and two Tamiya 4x4 chassis, using a mixture of butane and propane as fuel. The videos on his site suggest that it won't be breaking any land speed records, but we're still hoping it'll eventually play a part in protecting us from these little steam-powered robots, should they go all Skynet on us.[Via Makezine]
