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Solar-Powered Wunda Weeder Lets You Garden While Lying Down

by Terrence O'Brien on July 14, 2010 at 12:30 PM

The Wunda Weeder
Gardening is usually backbreaking work. Planting, weeding and harvesting require physical exertion and near constant squatting or bending over. Thanks to the strangely named Wunda Products, there may be hope for the chronically lazy who also dream of having their own homegrown produce. The Wunda Weeder consists of a simple metal frame with a platform for a face-down, reclining person, a headrest to reduce neck strain and an electric motor to keep the contraption moving, thanks to rooftop solar panels. The vehicle allows the user to suspend themselves over tilled soil or crops to perform their horticultural chores.

At an expected price of $8,000, when the Wunda Weeder goes on sale later this year, we wouldn't expect to find it in too many small gardens or farms. The company claims the device could triple farm productivity in some cases, but we're sure those are very specific indeed. Many larger farms are so heavily mechanized and automated, there would be little to gain from spending tens of thousands of dollars on a fleet of Wunda Weeders. Besides, we like knowing that the food we eat was produced through sweat and hard work... even if it wasn't our own. [From: Wunda Weeder, via: DVICE]

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