Wow! iRobot’s soft, shape-shifting robot blob can roll around and change shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished…. via jwz.
VA·CU·I·TY
1. TOTAL ABSENCE OF MATTER; EMPTINESS.
2. AN EMPTY SPACE; A VACUUM.
3. TOTAL LACK OF IDEAS; EMPTINESS OF MIND.
4. ABSENCE OF MEANINGFUL OCCUPATION; IDLENESS: "THE CREW, BEING PATIENT PEOPLE, MUCH GIVEN TO SLUMBER AND VACUITY" WASHINGTON IRVING.
5. THE QUALITY OR FACT OF BEING DEVOID OF SOMETHING SPECIFIED: A VACUITY OF TASTE; A VACUITY OF EMOTIONS.
6. SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY A REMARK, THAT IS POINTLESS OR INANE: A CONVERSATION FULL OF VACUITIES.
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