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"If I had to get a new Ph.D. now, I'd get it in polymer engineering - the manipulation of matter."
- Bart Kosko
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| High Tech Trash Can | ||
| The future of waste management. |
It's friendly, it comes when you call, it's - a trash can? If you are really determined to clean up, this is what you need.
| She looked up the beach for the local trash can. She spotted it loitering near a pair of fisherman, who stood in hip boots in the gentle surf. She called out. "Trash can!" The can pivoted on broad rubber treads and rolled toward her voice. It snuffled across the beach, mapping its way with bursts of infrasound…. The can intoned. "Galveston appreciates good citizenship. ?Would you like to register for a valuable cash prize?" |
| Technovelgy from Islands in the Net,
by Bruce Sterling. Published by William Morrow in 1988 Additional resources -
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Naturally, it is solar-powered.
Compare to the robot trash collectors from The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison.
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