I suppose one could instal electronic guiding wires and independent clutching for the drive wheels and have a robotic or at least an automated blower. Comes back to similar methods for lawn cutting.
Gas jets with electronic ignition might provide another option. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cy Selfridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 3:53 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How to Operate a Snow Blower > Tom, You know what? Sometimes you just simply can not do what sharp eyes > can > do regardless of how sophisticated your electronics are. (LOL) > Cy, the Ancient Okie.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Tom Fowle > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:35 AM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Operate a Snow Blower > > robert, > Lots of time and research effort have been spent over the years on methods > of navigating like following a straight line etc. in small ish spaces. > > Not much usefull has come of it. > > Audible beacons might work but you probably wouldn't hear them over the > blower unless you ran them at rock concert levels and your neighbors would > justifiably object. > > Radio frequency direction finding just isn't that accurate. > > You could put up "talking signs' transmitters at the corners of the area > to > be covered and wear one of their glasses mounted receivers, then follow > the > infrared beams to get the edges, but this again won't work to cover an > entire area. > > some kind of computer with camera on your shoulder might do the trick, but > it'd have to be build to nasa standards to stand the cold. > > sorry, these kinds of ideas aren't new, it is sometimes just hard to do > what > eyes do so easilly. > > tom > > > Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/416 - Release Date: 8/10/2006 > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 11/08/2006 > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
