Husqvarna's Panthera Leo is the mower of the future for your lawn of today

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the June 18th, 2009

Concept cars are a dime a dozen around these parts — but concept lawnmowers? A little more rare, and the latest from Husqvarna looks to be about as closely related to that rusty John Deere in your shed as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes McLaren F1 car is to your boss’s E-Class. It has paddles on the wheel……

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GPS coordinates lead demolition crew to destroy wrong house

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the June 18th, 2009

Tired of blaming GPS on petty mishaps like the destruction of cars, a demolition crew in Georgia has managed to accidentally destroy an entirely wrong house based on GPS coordinates. Oddly enough, it wasn't even the first time they'd been by: the man who cuts the grass noticed that the power box was ……

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Supermarket generates piezoelectric power in parking lot

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the June 18th, 2009

Remember that piezoelectric road prototype we saw late last year? Looks like someone (besides us) thought it was a good idea. According to The Daily Mail, a Sainsbury's supermarket in Gloucester, UK (you've never been there), has installed kinetic plates in the parking lot that use the weight of shop……

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