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

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Tastes richer, less filling.

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'lectricity thiefing robot
automatic battery recharging
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while stationary for any length of time, our robot-pal hops out of the bag (backpack, briefcase), finds an outlet (pattern recognition, electrical aura) and charges up its' own batteries and any other batteries it has been given previously, until all are full or it senses a non-trivial movement of it's "garage" at which point it runs back and hops back in.

The Mark II (homeowner's edition) is larger and resembles a large canister transformer; at night it finds the nearest electrical powerlines, scrabbles up the pole and siphons power through induction.

Clean and Green ? you betcha :D


FlyingToaster, May 28 2008

"Jacking On" http://en.wikipedia...ell_Is_Other_Robots
Sounds like a Futurama episode [Klaatu, May 29 2008]

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       // electrical aura//   

       Why not just home in on good karma?

Custardguts, May 28 2008
  

       Sooner or later, such pricey investment is quickly seared fatally by a single bolt from heaven. (customer's name on the extended warranty sticker is successfully traced, ...to be heavily fined and prosecuted by authorities)

rotary, May 29 2008
  
      
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