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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has okayed robotic appliance maker iRobot to continue work on its line of lawnmower droids. The FCC issued a ruling this week that clears the lawn-bots of violation of FCC radio broadcast rules. The decision means iRobot can move forward with its new bots without fear of FCC fines …

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  1. Captain DaFt

    No sense of whimsy, these bureaucrats.

    -"for residential use only" in hopes of keeping them tucked safely away from scientific research equipment.-

    More fun if they carried the warning in big red letters:

    "DO NOT USE NEAR RADIO TELESCOPES - BECAUSE ALIENS!"

    It'd certainly make the conspiracy forums even more entertaining. :)

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  2. Mark 85

    Somewhere there's a groundskeeper...

    who trying to keep within budget will not realize the problem and order a system to maintain the grounds around the radio telescopes...

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  3. JaitcH
    Unhappy

    What about West Virginia, Virginia? Are they OK here?

    See:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Radio_Quiet_Zone

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