UNSUNG ICONS: THE KREEPY KRAULY

ack in 2002, a bunch of graduates from the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab launched a new product called the Roomba. It was an ingenious blend of a robot and vacuum cleaner. Using cleverly placed sensors and wheels, this device could traverse your floor space devouring dirt like a newly ousted contestant on a paparazzi opportunity. And when it came close to a wall, it merely turned around and trundled off in a new direction. Despite the marketing