When you have enough fuel to supply your tractor, you don’t wonder if there’s a better alternative than your 4-wheel slow vehicle. You just wonder how to breath better while harvesting your crops, but after some years of practice, you don’t even wonder this, as you got used to its smell.
What happens when you struggle to find gas?
You rely on what you have, would say Russell Henning, a San Jose State University design student. And the results is promising: The Grasshopper, a walk-behind tractor. It’s special, its engine could run on any kind of organic matter, including dried grass, coconut shells, and agricultural waste.
Smart idea, and to us, Henning could have named its Grasshopper the Horse trailer. Because his idea is a kind of come-back to the basics. You harvest, you spare some grass eventually for your cattle, but you also spare some more grass for your tractor. And voila, you’re getting your post-industrial era ecosystem. With a more refreshing flavor.
For mention, the Grasshopper has been picked by ID Magagzine in its honorable list of student design 2006.
But something told us that you will be the first to add a comment to this story. Simply click on the button 'Add your comment' to start expressing your opinion.