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Robots Come Home

Want to have a cleaner home or clean your gutters from the ground? With the new breed of robots, it is all possible. Welcome to the age of the Jetsons. Most of us have heard of the Roomba vacuum cleaning device. It is a little robot that goes around your home vacuuming up the crumbs and then happily returning back to its base, saving you the trouble of sweeping or vacuuming yourself. The company that makes the Roomba, iRobot, now has a whole array of helpful home robots to do a variety of jobs. And, they are all available right … Continue reading →

Want A Facial Massage? Ask A Robot

Like something out of a science fiction movie or the Jetsons, robots have now been called into service to give facial massages. Researchers in Japan have developed a robot that was specifically designed to give a therapeutic facial massage to patients in hospitals and spas across the country. The creators, located at Tokyo’s Waseda University hope to see the robot employed first for patients with jaw-related medical problems and then later for beauty and relaxation massages for the general public. The robot was also developed with Japan’s Asahi University. The robot, dubbed the WAO-1 robot, or the Waseda Asahi Oral … Continue reading →

Getting the Most Out of Your Makeup

How many times do we have to throw out make up because it dries out, changes color, gets weird or even breaks? Every time you have to replace something, it costs money. Save your dollars with the following tips. The secret is to both preserve your makeup so it can be used longer, and to use it smartly, so you get the most out of it. Take advantage of rebates and return policies. Get to know the various rebates and return policies before you buy your makeup. The better stores usually have policies in place that say that if you … Continue reading →

Save Money on Hair Styles

If you get your hair cut and styled every six weeks at a cost of $40 (the average) each time, that can add up to about $360 a year. And this does not even include special services, such as coloring. Cut this bill down to only $60 a year and use that extra $300 to pay down debt. Here are some different ways that will help you save money on hair styles. Choose a style that will grow out well. This way you can lengthen the time between your visits. Instead of going every four or six weeks for a … Continue reading →

Frugal Spa at Home: Even More Natural Solutions

Natural beauty products can be good for your body and good for your wallet. You can get excellent results and pamper yourself without the chemicals and without the price of a spa. Just think, you could save up to $90 at home if you choose your own natural frugal spa solution rather than making a trip to the professional spa. This is my third post in this series. My husband loves to eat kiwi when it is nice and ripe. But there is another use for kiwi. If I can wrestle some away from the snack counter, I used it … Continue reading →

Frugal Spa at Home: More Natural Solutions

If you want the spa look and the spa feel without the spa price, then read this series! I’ll be sharing lots of great solutions that you can use for so much less than a visit to the spa. These solutions are all natural, so they are really great for you, too. I’ve been inspired by Body & Soul Magazine (wholeliving.com) and have adapted many of their suggestions for frugal pampering. Most homes have chamomile tea, or at least it is one of the brands of tea that are relatively common and inexpensive as far as teas go at the … Continue reading →

Short Circuit (1986)

“Short Circuit” is the 1986 smash hit about a robot that was built to be a weapon of war. He’s number five of five, and he’s programmed to hone in on enemy targets and destroy them with a laser. His creator, Newton Crosby (Steve Gutenberg) is a man of science who doesn’t leave much room in his life for miracles, but when Number Five is hit by lightning, that’s exactly what happens – a miracle. Once a bucket of bolts, Number Five is now alive. Accidentally finding his way out of the laboratory, he ends up at a remote farmhouse … Continue reading →

Reusable Camera Pill

Take one of these and I’ll look at your insides in the morning. Well, not quite, but science fiction just got a little closer, thanks to a new tiny camera pill that can be swallowed like a common pain killer. The camera pill is ultra affordable, only $300 and can be used over and over again. Compare this cost to a standard exploratory scope that costs $5,000, or a previously invented camera pill (in 2000 by an Israeli team) that could only be used once, since it travelled all the way through the digestive system and well, emerged a bit … Continue reading →

Computing Review: October 8th Through October 14th

From robots that give you a massage to cataloguing your books online, there are certainly a lot of new developments in the world of technology. Just in case you missed those stories, or any other stories from last week, here is the week in review for the Computing Blog: October 8th Through October 14th. October 8th Computing Review: October 1st Through October 7th Are you ready for Halloween and Fall? Maybe some of the Halloween pages that we showcased last week will help. I also introduced a news roundup format in order to bring you the current technology headlines as … Continue reading →