Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

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I've just spent 6 hours recording and valuing everything that we ave on hand, for insurance purposes for the new year.

The Inventoribot is like a search engine for your premises... going through your house day and night, assessing each item and "scent-marking" them with a little barcode of invisible UV dye and making a note of what each item is, and where it is. Of course, it has to be allowed to sniff and spray everything on the way in, but that's not too big a problem.

Result: Instant inventory and marked for ID in the case of theft/misplacement.

You'll always know where your refrigerator is, at any time.


UnaBubba, Dec 24 2007

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Similar.. [8th of 7, Dec 24 2007]

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       We have seen this idea (or something very like it) before <link> ! You are 8th of 7, and we claim our ..... oh. er...... no. Sorry.

8th of 7, Dec 24 2007
  

       Your description is almost that of a cat.

Ian Tindale, Dec 24 2007
  

       or a frog.

po, Dec 24 2007
  

       // cat //   

       #include <EOSSACR.H>   

       (EOSSACR = Eight Of Seven's Standard Anti Cat Rant)

8th of 7, Dec 24 2007
  

       Yes, very like a cat.   

       Zulu, my 11-year-old moggy, (who thinks he is a dog, even down to taking on and beating the crap out of two German Shapherds every time they go past) has been extremely interested in the Christmas presents under the tree. He has sniffed them, climbed on them, bitten a few, turned some small ones over.   

       He does just about everything but spray them (he reserves that for the trees in the neighbour's garden.) I was thinking of him when I wrote the idea.

UnaBubba, Dec 24 2007
  

       I read the title as Inventor ibot.   

       I read the title as "invento ribot", and thought it perhaps something to do with innovation in French milk drinks.   

       I think you spelled Inventory wrong.

BJS, Dec 26 2007
  

       gr: "You have spelled" or "you spelt", not "you spelled".

8th of 7, Dec 26 2007
  

       Me: Inventoribot, have you seen my keys?   

       Ir: They're where you left them.   

       No, can't see much of an improvement over the present system, there.

egbert, Dec 26 2007
  

       Me: And where was that?   

       Ir: In the ignition switch of your car. They're now in the bottom of a river, in the ignition switch, 231 kilometres nortwest of here.

UnaBubba, Dec 26 2007
  

       8th of 7, I typed my previous annotation like that because Mozilla Firefox does not think "spelt" is a real word. And I'm sure "gr:" is not correct either.

BJS, Dec 26 2007
  

       Spelt n. a wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used chiefly for livestock feed. Also used for bread and pasta in some Mediterranean cuisines.

UnaBubba, Dec 26 2007
  

       ... and with that, the case of R. vs. [UB] was proven ...

8th of 7, Dec 26 2007
  

       Someone's stolen the inventoribot, which wasn't listed in the inventory.

david_scothern, Dec 27 2007
  

       ERROR.... RECURSION..... ERROR..... ERROROROROROORORORORORR<clunk>

8th of 7, Dec 27 2007
  
      
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