The ballbarrow was a type of wheelbarrow designed by James Dyson and released in 1974 in the United Kingdom. It used a ball instead of a wheel and had several benefits in that the ball did not dig into the ground like a wheel, steering was much easier and the plastic hopper was easier to clean than the galvanized alternatives.The original version did, however have a galvanized steel hopper, and this made it easier to mix cement and other mixtures in it. The plastic version was never as robust , and therefor not as popular as the original version, and subsequently, Dyson sold the manufacturing 'rights' to an American company, who never pursued manufacturing the product. A common wheelbarrow Older wheelbarrow Wheelbarrows on the Belomorkanal A wheelbarrow is a small one- or two-wheeled cart designed to be pushed by a single person using two handles to the rear. ... Dyson vacuum cleaner. ... computed tomography of a soccer ball (Video) Balls are usually hollow and spherical but can be other shapes, such as ovoid (only in a few special cases) or solid (as in billiards). ... A driving wheel on a steam locomotive. ... Look up hopper on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Galvanization, named after the Italian scientist Luigi Galvani, was originally the administration of electric shocks (in the 19th century also termed Faradism, after Michael Faraday). ...