If he (or she, I’m an equal opportunity child laborer) gets to mow the lawn with one of these he better not complain:

Husqvarna, the global leader of outdoor power products, has developed a quiet, powerful and environmentally friendly ride-on mower for the future garden. The concept mower, developed by Husqvarna’s designers and engineers, is made of recycled materials and gives an indication how the future of mowing might come to look.

Growing up, I had to mow three lawns front and back on a rusty old Murray Mower, and was constantly fixing the deck and replacing the blades from the pine/magnolia trees that scattered the lawn like little Anti-Mower-Land-Mines. Ok, so at least I had a rider, but I’ll never have it as easy as kids of tomorrow, with quiet running mowers that you can actually hear your iPod over. My god… I grew up without iPods. what will our kids think of us when we talk about making mixtapes and dubbing off of radio?

Anyways.. Peep a concept video (and some serious future mower specs) of the Panthera Leo after the jump.
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