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Solar-Powered Shrub Car

Posted by samzenpus on from the none-more-green dept.

sparksfly writes "The Terrestrial Shrub Rover is a solar-powered vehicle that looks, as you may have guessed, exactly like a large shrub. According to designer Justin Shull, 'In the spirit of NASA and its forthcoming 2020 lunar expeditions in preparation for colonizing the moon, the Terrestrial Shrub Rover presents the opportunity to explore terrestrial and social environments back on Earth from within a manned, foliage bedecked, solar electric powered rover.'

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  1. Portable Hunting Blind by Jeng · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There just might be a market for this.

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  2. Re:Voyeurism to a new level by jgagnon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whole new meaning to "whacking off in the bushes"?

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  3. Not what I expected. by karnal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I can't believe I even clicked through to read the story. This has to be one of the more misleading stories... "solar powered shrub car" in my mind makes me think that there's some magical link between the fact that it looks like a shrub, using photosynthesis to power the car. But no. That's not it at all. It's just a shrub because it can be.

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  4. New take on the burning bush? by sethstorm · · Score: 4, Funny

    If something catches fire on that vehicle(and thus catches the shrubbery), you have a burning bush. No word on if anyone would be speaking from it.

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    1. Re:New take on the burning bush? by tophermeyer · · Score: 4, Funny

      If something catches fire on that vehicle(and thus catches the shrubbery), you have a burning bush. No word on if anyone would be speaking from it.

      Unintelligible screams of terror seems likely.

  5. Stalker mobile by coolsnowmen · · Score: 4, Funny

    This looks like something out of a road runner cartoon, where Wiley coyote follows him in a giant (ACME made) bush.