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If you’ve ever sat in a cubicle from 9-5 day in, day out then you know how mind numbing and boring the job experience can be.  That’s why everyone needs a desk toy or two to keep them and their visitors entertained.  Us?  We use to play Russian Roulette with a Nerf gun.

The Zamboni Desk Vacuum is a miniturized version of the real thing, only it sucks up your lunch crumbs and is powered by your mouse arm.

[via Nerdapproved]

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I don’t know what to make of this  – real or fiction – but  inventor Jem Stansfield from the show Bang Goes the Theory on BBC climbs the face of a 100′ building using a pair of home made suction gloves crafted from what appears to be a vacuum cleaner and plywood.  He’s roped in (of course) so it’s hard to tell where the majority of his weight is being displaced, but the vacuum’s noise seems to imply that it’s adhering him to the building, sort of like when you vacuum between the cushions and clog the hole with fabric.

Of note, he is scaling a BBC building and the show is set to air on July 27th, so it makes for some good preshow buzz.

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Miniatures are cool, but retro miniatures are even cooler.  The USB Retro Vacuum measures just 8-inch tall, but that doesn’t stop it from sucking up your desk crumbs. Yup, it’s a fully functional vacuum cleaner that draws its power from a USB 2.0 port and can be yours for £7.99 ($13).

[via Technabob]

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I can only imagine what the folks at PETA are saying about this video.  As you’ll see, the well paid engineers at iRobot decided to retrofit one of their autonomous vacuums with a hamster, a hamster ball and some sensors.  Which ever way the hamster moves so does the vacuum.  I don’t hear any vacuum noise, though, leading me to believe that this is just for gimmick and won’t ever come to market.  Darn it! I was really looking for another novel way to clean my apartment.

[Networkworld]

Features:

• Robot vacuum that cleans on its own
• Finished in red, self-adjusting cleaning head, easy to empty bay

Buy it: iRobot Roomba 400 Vacuum Cleaning Robot – $123

Features:

• Bagless fully automated vaccum
• Includes remote control

Buy it: iTouchless AV002A Robotic Intelligent Vacuum Cleaner PRO – $97

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Features:

• Vacuum rooms with a touch of button and return to charge
• Bagless, included virutal walls and more

Buy it: iRobot Roomba 580 Vacuuming Robot- $320

Features;

• Floor washing roboto for hard floors (tile, hardwood, etc)
• Can handle up to 250 square feet, uses water and Clorox Scooba cleaning solution
• Includes 1 virtual wall

Buy it: iRobot 5800 Scooba Floor-Washing Robot – $268