In some parts of Europe it has been constantly snowing for the past three weeks. The first 30 cm of snow is always exciting. The next 20 makes every sane person to throw a shovel in the car booth and the rest of the crowd to wax the skis and sledges. Add another 20 cm and the amount of snow starts to cause havoc on the streets and separate the men from the boys.
Sure, you can get rid of most of the snow by using pure muscle power. But those having an engineering degree actually have an advantage here. If the white stuff still keeps falling from the sky after the Christmas holidays, I might start to consider one of the following solutions instead of keeping up the early morning exercise routine featuring one specific yellow plastic winter gadget.
At first, the Wovel seems like a typical TV Shop or a cheap gadgets catalogue toy. However, it was once picked as the best new product of the year by Popular Mechanics. If that's not quite enough, 99 semi-professional reviews in Amazon give this little wheel reinvention credibility and positive criticism. As a matter of fact, most of the books by Shakespeare get less opinions and fewer reviews than this unique shovel.
The same thing in action.
Considering the Wovel still requires some muscle power, here's a very nice Star Wars'esque Roboplow that looks much more desirable. It's like a Hummer of all shovels. It's amazing. The winter is incomplete without this little robo-monster.
All the old school snow plows and street cleaners really feel so last century now. Got an idea for replacing the boring plastic and metal shovels? Can't wait to see some sketches in the Library.
And just to be clear, as usual, GrabCAD has no commercial interest in any of the blogged inventions. We just like to share cool stuff :)
