can also be quite unnecessary. Check out the following hilarious collection from the past century. The featured photo pictures inventor John H T Rinfret demonstrating his anti-bandit bag in 1963. To fool the bandits, the chain is pulled and the bottom of the case falls out so the content is scattered over the ground. This should stop those damn muggers from getting at what’s in the bag. No wait, it won’t.
This M3 sub-machine gun with a curved barrel for shooting around corners. It’s the perfect gun for your average “shoot first, look later” kind of guy. They do, however, have similar weapons today, but equipped with cameras and high-tech sensors. |
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American science fiction writer and founder of the Church of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard uses his Hubbard Electrometer to determine whether tomatoes experience pain. His work led him to the conclusion that tomatoes "scream when sliced". I seriously cannot Ketchup with those guys. |
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Charles L. Langs poses with his strapless, backless, wireless, support-less bras.
His wife doesn't look too supportive though; she seems unenthusiastic.
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Finish with the Finnish. Something similar still exists though. |
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A nanny supervising a baby suspended in a wire cage attached to the outside of a high tenement block window. The cages were distributed to members of the Chelsea Baby Club in London who have no gardens — or doubts about putting a child in a box dangling over a busy street. Genius. |
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A man at a shipping exhibition in Olympia, London, demonstrating the '“Laryngaphone”, a noise-excluding telephone which only transmits vibrations from the vocal chords when the microphone is placed against the throat or cheek. Where are those today when we need them the most? |
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Hollywood inventor Joe Gilpin riding his motorized surfboard. Yey! Lots of fun. Just like a water Segway. |
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President of Zeus Corp., Robert L. Stern, smoking a cigarette from his self-designed rainy day cigarette holder. Bwilliance in a puff. He must had been living in Cilaos, Réunion where it almost never stops raining, you see. |
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Engineer Harold Graham salutes President Kennedy after demonstrating the Rocket Belt. Jet-pack! |
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Inventor of a honey and vinegar mixture, called Honegar, Dr. DeForest C. Jarvis. Honegar was said to be a folk remedy for aches and pains. Though honey AND vinegar are already good for pretty much everything. |
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A woman adjusts her stocking by the light of the Goodyear’s illuminated tires. The tire is made from a single piece of synthetic rubber and is brightly lit by bulbs mounted inside the wheel rim. I guess those could look cool but probably the functionality was dimwitted.
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For the woman who likes to put makeup on her dirty face. Or for a bee lover.
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Yep. Let me play you the music of my people. | ||
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A handwriting game being analysed by members of the Ideal Toy panel on Inventor’s Day at the Ideal Toy Company in Hollis, New York. Because there’s nothing children love more than handwriting games. |
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Robot equipped with fast-draw invention shoots it out with live gunner. It’s always easy to question the wisdom of giving a robot a gun, but also making him quick on the draw is just lovely. How original. |
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Two girls try out the new yodel meter, which measures the pitch of the human yodel. Yodelayheehoo. |
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British inventor Clive Sinclair shows off his mini television. Noting the thickness of Tintin’s glasses, it’s really all a matter of perspective. Well, people today do watch videos on their phones. |
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Flying platforms being tested at an Air Force base. Jet-pack!
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A pair of artificial breasts with a
built-in heartbeat. An invention from
— wait for it — Japan intended as a sleeping aid for very young children. For teenage boys and adult males as well, I’m sure. |
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An example of a pre-psychedelic era invention @#$%^&* Bang Bing !@#Ayee |
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Birdman Leo Valentin demonstrates his
method of flying from a special harness.
Valentin died when his invention failed him after jumping out of an airplane in 1956. R.I.P, Birdie NumNum. You’re always flying now. |
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A robot designed by Claus Scholz of Vienna answers the phone, though it cannot speak. Halfway there, Claus. Answer machine level: -17. |
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Neat! Jack Milford, player with the Wembley Monarchs ice hockey team, has invented a carrying device so that his baby can join his wife and himself ... on the ice. Because babies deserve it .That’s why. |
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Inventor M W Hulton demonstrates his sea-shoes and duckfoot propellers on the Grand Union Canal, England. These guys had a serious misunderstanding of what water fun really is. |
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Inventor Hugo Gernsback with his T.V. Glasses. His youngest son works for Google now. Wink. |
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This mechanical cat can meow ten times a minute and the eyes light up each time. The device for scaring rats and mice is from Japan and is powered by a two-watt motor. It’s always them and cats, huh. |
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Pizza Doggo?
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Gotta love the holding hand bit and the cheeky looks.
That “Right before the concert” shot. Jet-pack! |
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Thursday 20 December 2012
Silliest Inventions of the 20th Century
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