Erk.
Ug. Feels like my brain's been grilled over a low heat for the past couple of months. Just want to sleep.
On the plus side, figured out something which could be a light at the end of the tunnel. On the minus side, it really needs a contact in the recruiting industry (current or former) to make it work, and I have the networking skills of a rock. Fiddlesticks.
Also, figured out how to automatically clean a surface out from under anything it's holding up, without needing to move the items. Kinda nifty. The design is slightly overkill for merely cleaning, but it'd be pretty cool to be able to press a button and have every surface in a house clean itself (including walls, ceilings, floors, and built-in storage) with extreme prejudice on a schedule. The only real problem is that it wouldn't (currently) extend to soft surfaces, furniture, appliances etc. On the plus side, it could clean things like kitchen and bathroom surfaces even if items were stacked on them, without needing to move said items.
Well, to an extent. There are issues with curved surfaces and where two surfaces meet convexly. I figure it'd be best employed for floors, walls, ceilings, and things like countertops, shelving, and storage areas. Even if most non-wall vertical surfaces weren't covered, it'd still be a huge advantage to be able to have the wall behind the fridge (and the floor under it) clean itself once a week. Not to mention that the self-cleaning areas would also effectively repair themselves. Fresh paint, no cracks or gouges, that kinda thing. Cobwebs might take a few cycles to get rid of, though.