<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2c6d313f-9724-46d9-82c5-e5efc0f40f57/E32C8A2C-0572-4A02-A99D-21EA9ABCCEAD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2135361.html" href="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2135361.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ananova.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2135361.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top" align="left"><TABLE width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD align="left" class="news-head"><IMG width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.ananova.com/images/blank.gif" /><BR /><SMALL><B> Ananova: </B> </SMALL></TD></TR><TR><TD height="13"><IMG width="1" height="13" src="http://www.ananova.com/images/blank.gif" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="80%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="bottom"><STRONG><BIG>Shoes help out with the housework</BIG></STRONG></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P>A new pair of shoes have been invented that vacuum as you walk.</p> <P> The Shoover - which makers Electrolux call the Dustmate - has a tiny rechargeable vacuum inside the base.</p> <P> The shoes are made of green nylon with a flexible rubber sole and elastic sock to fit any foot making it comfortable to wear.</p> <P> According to the Mirror a spokesman for Electrolux said: "We all have to vacuum our home - this product is designed for busy people who want to keep the housework down to a minimum. Dustmate provides a cleaning solution that doesn't take up any precious free time.</p> <P> "As you walk, the base of the shoes collect dust on the floor without requiring any effort. It is a simple yet creative cleaning concept."</p> <P> The designers came up with the invention after asking consumers what they wanted and finding that they were just too busy to spend lots of time doing housework.</p> <P> Research found that only 28 per cent Hoover daily - down six per cent in the last two years.</p> <P> </p> </TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E32C8A2C-0572-4A02-A99D-21EA9ABCCEAD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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