farmers

Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Robots

Japanese Farmers Get a Boost From Robot Exoskeleton Suit

4:30PM Elaine Chow | There’s not much the Japanese love more than robots, so twas only a matter of time before exoskeleton suits found some useful purpose. This particular suit assists farmers on tough agricultural work. More »
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Design

Chinese Farmers Build Birds Nest Stadium Out of Bamboo

4:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | The Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed “The Bird’s Nest,” has already become an icon in the country of 1.3 billion. But for some farmers close to Hangzhou (located in the southeast of China), the Herzog & de Meuron structure was just too darn far away… so in a fit of DIY ingenuity, they built their own replica out of bamboo. Steel’s apparently kind of hard to get when you’re living on a couple of dollars a day.
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