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Mystery Gadget 112
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 13, 2024 -
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Category: Body, Technology, 1920s
Electro-Vibratory Bodysuit
A full suit of electrical stimulators and vibrators to cure your charley-horses.Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 06, 2024 -
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Category: Body, Inventions, Patents, Technology, Twenty-first Century
Butt Irrigator
Complete patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 26, 2024 -
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Category: Body, Diseases, Domestic, Hygiene, Inventions, Patents, 1960s
The Art of Orlan
Her Wikipedia page.Her website.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 03, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Body, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Europe
Fresh Air Breathing Device
Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 07, 2024 -
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Category: Body, Inventions, Patents, Firefighting, Arson, Wildfires, Infernos and Other Conflagrations, Danger, Risk, and Peril, Excrement
Lullaby from the Womb
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 21, 2024 -
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Category: Body, Pregnancy, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
The Fate of the Heart of King Louis XIV
This newspaper squib gives the essentials. But visit this page to learn more about Buckland and the incident.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 14, 2023 -
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Category: Body, Cannibalism, Royalty, Historical Figure
The Perfect Back Contest
Several different organizations conducted contests for "The Perfect Back." (Why no males were ever invited escapes me.) But the National Chiropractic Association version seems the longest-running and most-publicized. The fellow enjoying himself is one Dr. Charles Wood.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 21, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Body, Medicine, Twentieth Century
Finger Injuries Caused by Power-Operated Windows
The next time you use the power windows in your car, think about the cadavers that suffered injuries to make them safe for you.Source: Injury journal
via New Scientist
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 17, 2023 -
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Category: Body, Experiments, Cars
Soothing Vibratory Table
The patent for a table which "pulsates" in syncopation to the music of your choice. I can't quite see how the visual effects are manifested.a pulsating machine of the above type wherein the frequency of the pulsations is directly proportional to the vibratory effect of the sound waves of a musical selection emanating from a loud speaker forming a part of the present invention...wherein the musical score controlling the pulsations may be played from either a built-in radio or from a phonograph which may be readily connected to the device....which includes vari-colored visual means controlled by the music, permitting the user to see as well as feel the music.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 19, 2023 -
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Category: Body, Inventions, Music, 1950s
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