Shape-shifting blob from iRobot

*Okay, that's pretty wack, but check out the sophistication of that demo

vernacular video. It's totally geek and street-level without ever looking

cheap or lazy.

*The Lovecraft thrill of watching that alpha-rollout 'bot take its first so-called "steps"

is about a thousand times more viscerally effective than any neatly-bound

DARPA white-paper.