Future of Lawn Mowers

[adan]

I think all the "green" and "electric" discussions are getting into me now. But I get this feeling that the future of lawn mowers is in robotics. Equipment is lighter, therefore it requires less power to run. With no human load, it will also have more chances of going completely on battery power.

 

[AndyMan]

So many things seem to be going robotic these days - even cars can now go and stop and park without input from their drivers - what's left for people to do? Do you think all this technology is helping humanity or just making us dumber by not requiring us to use our brains?

 

[KennyV]

With technology we are definitely having to use our brains MORE... It is just allowing us to do more..
The slower, simpler life of the 'good ol days', seem easier but there was a lot more work to get less done... :smile:KennyV

 

[AndyMan]

I know that lawn mowers don't go fast enough to generate much of a breeze, but do you think it would be possible to capture and utilize the wind generated by driving a car? Could that wind energy be harnessed in some way?

I think of all the battery operated devices used in cars these days - DVD players, CD players, GPS - couldn't some of those be charged (or recharged) by the power of the wind generated by highway speeds?

 

[Lucy]

I'm waiting for the day when I can have a battery powered lawn mower that is self-charging from solar power. I don't mind the physical labor involved, but cleaner running machines would be better.

 

[Hershey]

I totally believe that, much as we have those little things that clean kitchen floors and wooden surfaces. The sensors will tell it where to go. I'm ready for it to happen even.

 

[jet62095]

I'm hoping we'll see a decrease in price in small diesel engines, they would be much more fuel effcient and long lasting in mowers! Not to mention the torque numbers would be awesome.

 

[adan]

Hi Jet! With what I know about diesel fuel and diesel engines, it would be tough miniaturizing them compared to gasoline. But then who knows someone would find the trick to do so.

I'm with Lucy in wishing for a battery-powered lawn mower that recharges the battery via solar energy.

 

[demhustler]

don't know about the future - but alternative fuels, gases, hybrids, robotic and remote controlled, electric - all here now

 

[adan]

Hi demhustler! Indeed the technologies are available already. It's all a matter of "incubating" them to be commercially viable. Most of these technologies so far cost people a lot.

P.S. Vatican City is a dream destination for me. All I know about it is that the Pope lives there, that it's a state on its own, and that the head of that state is the Pope. Do non-clerics live there? Just wondering