Fantastic! Want one ;)

Fantastic! Want one ;)

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Originally shared by Lacerant Plainer

Jell Balls Concept : The new Roomba? :  _The idea, from Korean designer Juan Lee, is for a set of eight remote-controlled balls that roll around your house. The balls are stored in a dust bucket that's covered in a layer of gel, and when the balls are released, they wrap themselves in some of the gel. The balls then roll through the room, and dust and debris stick to the gel. Once the little 'bots have reached every nook and cranny, they return to the dust pan home base, where the gel is stripped from them and the dust is collected in a removable tray._

Lee points out in a post on Electrolux Design Lab, where the design is a semi-finalist in a contest, it's not a totally unprecedented idea. The gel and balls are more or less already made. First, there's magnetic putty available that, with some reworking, could work similarly to the gel (see Video links in main article).

Article Link: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-08/gel-based-super-roomba-concept-improbable-and-amazing

Jell Balls concept on Electroluxdesignlab: http://electroluxdesignlab.com/en/submission/jell-balls/

#gel #technology #dust #cleaningproducts