All I want for Christmas...

...is an automatic robot vacuum cleaner from iRobot! They're also supposed to come out with a version that actually washes floors later this year, but I think this one here (the 'Roomba Discovery') is the coolest version--it comes with the automatic charging homebase (that the robot returns it self to whenever it needs to be recharged) and the remote control! According to this interview of the company's co-founder [CNN], yes, it is supposed to remind you of R2-D2.

I bet Cassie and Ally would just love to have one of these around!

-Tim