Probably everyone has used a wheelbarrow in their lives. Operating a wheelbarrow is not always as easy as it sounds. Sure, if it’s empty it is a breeze. But load ‘er up with bricks and it becomes a completely different story. The wheelbarrow can tip over to either side due to the high center of gravity it has. Furthermore, when used on a construction site, don’t put it on any wet concrete. It will stick to it. Then there’s the problem of the wheelbarrow being made of metal. Most wheelbarrows therefore tend to rust. And rusted wheelbarrows are prone of breaking…
All of these annoyances kept a certain man busy. This man is James Dyson, most famous for his ever-sucking (in the good sense of the word) vacuum cleaner. The annoyance of the wheelbarrow would not let him go. The inventor that Dyson is, he went to the drawing board. The Ballbarrow was born…
Ballbarrow by Dyson
The Ballbarrow is made out of plastic, so it won’t rust. And plastic doesn’t stick to concrete either. The feet of the Ballbarrow are like elephant feet, so they distribute the weight well. This means the Ballbarrow is less likely to sink in slightly wet concrete.
But the most ingenious feature is of course the ball instead of the wheel. The ball distributes the weight, and therefore makes the Ballbarrow much less likely to tip over when presented with a heavy load. This is an invention which improves an object which no other person had thought to improve. Because it annoyed the crap out of Mr. Dyson.
If you are like me, you get at least slightly annoyed by small things once a week. It might not be something big, but in the end it definately annoys you. Use your annoyance as a basis to feed your creativity!
Read more about the Ballbarrow on the official James Dyson website.
May 4th, 2010 at 6:12 am
Amazing Dude, that is really nice info, much appreciated.
March 27th, 2011 at 5:35 am
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April 21st, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Sorry, I don’t use Twitter. I don’t post often so using Twitter seems futile to me. However, you can use the RSS feed that the blog provides!