Is there no end to the cardboard gadgets? The latest company to hop aboard the cardboard train is Vax, the U.K.'s top selling floorcare brand. No, it's not hocking any floor detergent this time, but it does have the world's first cardboard vacuum.

Compared to these conceptual robotic puppy vacuum cleaners dreamed up by Hyun-Seok Kim, a Roomba seems rather tame. Comprised of four puppy vacs and a "mother unit" these floor cleaners literally "chase" dirt and dust away.

Cute. Huggable. Incredibly tiny! Ghostbusters. These were the words that popped into my noggin the first time I un-boxed the Dyson City DC26 Multi floor vacuum up close. It looks like a little blue space rover with a large alien blaster attached to it. Hell, I'm not embarrassed to say I hugged the little blue dude. It's still a Dyson, with the suction and all that, just adorable.

Cleaning is a task many of us would rather avoid, but it becomes much easier if robotics can take over most of the action. The Roomba relieved us from the chore of vacuuming the living room, but like most vacuums,...