Seth Goldstein | Philadelphia Web Designer and Social Media Marketer » plow http://sethgoldstein.net Thoughts on Social Media, Web Design, Search, Technology and more! Tue, 22 May 2012 13:42:45 +0000 en hourly 1 One Team’s Attempt to Make Dealing with Mother Nature Doable: The Roboplow http://sethgoldstein.net/one-teams-attempt-to-make-dealing-with-mother-nature-doable-the-roboplow/ http://sethgoldstein.net/one-teams-attempt-to-make-dealing-with-mother-nature-doable-the-roboplow/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:41:32 +0000 Seth http://www.sethgoldstein.net/?p=334 I saw this on Gizmodo and had to share it. We sure could have used a Roboplow in Philadelphia this year with the record snowfall we saw.

Though it seems like the weather’s warming up now, think back to February when Mother Nature was piling on the snow with callous indifference. Feel that bitter cold on your face, that strain in your lower back. Now meet RoboPlow.This is the idea that every geek has had, but the guys at IdeaLaboratories were just fed up enough to actually see it through. The RoboPlow sports a 50″ blade, six wheel drive, and a bad attitude when it comes to all things snow.

In fact, watching this formidable machine slice its way through snowbanks, I’m wondering if the RoboPlow isn’t a little too powerful, if we didn’t let this arms race with Mother Nature push us to create a technology that should never have been created. Watching this video and seeing the RoboPlow barrel down the driveway, I felt a nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach that it was just going to keep going into the street, plowing straight on through the traffic. (Gizmodo)

Check it out:

Would you buy one? Post your thoughts in the comments.

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