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Roomba Maker Actually a Big-Time Defense Contractor

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 11, 2009 1:03 PM CST

(Newser) – It’s common knowledge that the Defense Department is the progenitor of modern conveniences like the Internet. But would you, for a minute, think it has a $286 million contract with the company that makes your Roomba automated vacuum? That fact surprised Owen Thomas, who...   Read full story »

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