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« on: May 23, 2008, 06:56:05 PM »
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/blogs/editorsnotebook/32849.html


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"...the highlight of the opening was the keynote by Helen Greiner, chairman and co-founder of iRobot Corp. Yes, the maker of the Roomba, but they are doing a lot more.

Their PackBot robot, which comes in 11 different configurations, is defusing roadside bombs and searching caves in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before PackBot showed up a few years ago, soldiers were being lowered by rope into caves to search for insurgents.

While obviously proud of her robots, Greiner is equally proud of the evolution of her company as a business. She highly recommended the book Crossing the Chasm, which outlines the life cycle of disruptive technologies.