Cellphone Star

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/Wade_with_CatGenie.jpg” width=”804″ height=”536″ style=”display:block;float:none;” /Ever since the Egyptians invented zero, curmudgeons have argued that technology creates as many problems as it solves, but I’ve never encountered a product that does iexactly/ithat, until now. I’m talking about a a class=”autolink” title=”Click here to read more posts tagged LITTER BOX” href=”http://gizmodo.com/tag/litter-box/”litter box/a./p pWe all know there are plenty of products that cause more problems than they solve. As a professional technologian, my job is to sift through innovations to see which ones make for an improved life, and which ones are too troublesome for their own good./p pCatGeniemdash;pardon the punmdash;gives me pause./p pAfter spending a month with it, I declare that it is the perfect zero-sum innovation. Every single advancement comes with drawbacks. While my wife and I no longer suffer from iany/i of the problems associated with a traditional litter box, we are beset with an abundance of unanticipated others./p [...]

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