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This Is How Kiwis Trim The Top Of Their Hedges
8:40AM Sean Fallon | New Zealanders do it with a crane people… with a crane. It makes perfect sense now. More »
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iRobot Patent Filing Hints at Lawn Mowing Robot Update
9:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | The folks behind the Roomba robot vacuum appear to have another robotic helper up their sleeves. In this case, it’s of the lawn mowing variety, but the final design is anything but final if the wide variety of shapes, configurations and features are any indication. A lawn-mowing Roomba-like robot… Lawmba? Loomba? Mowba. More »
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Robot Lawn Mower Can Lacerate, Probably Eat Humans
8:30PM Jesus Diaz | LawnBott, the US$2,750 robot which announced itself as your loyal automated lawn mower—capable of cutting 33,000 square feet of grass in a single charge—has revealed its true face: it wants to cut humans to pieces. Actually, just stupid humans, but the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Kyodo America have decided to “recall them immediately.” More »
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Husqvarna’s Autonomous Solar Powered Lawnmower: Never Mow Again
7:00PM Sean Fallon | That neighbour of yours thinks he is so badass with his top-of-the-line riding mower. With the Husqvarna’s new autonomous lawn mower, you can sip a beer on your porch and tell your neighbour to suck it while he toils away on his yard. And the best part is that the mower is a solar/electric hybrid—so it will mow your lawn whisper quiet with nearly zero emissions. More »
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Add Some Laughs To Your Lawn With Little Green Men
9:52PM Gizmodo US Edition | Much as I think all lawn ornaments should be heaped into a pile and blown to kingdom come, I think I could spare a corner of my garden for these tiny chaps and their crashed spaceship. Disappointingly not made from exotic metals recovered from the Roswell crash site, they are instead made of weatherproof resin. The 9-inch space ship and two 7-inch aliens are available for US$49.95, or 3000 Flanian Pobble beads. [What on Earth via Nerd Approved] More »
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