Inventions
Breathing Balloon
"will develop your form, if that's what you want".
Mechanix Illustrated - Sep 1949
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 05, 2023 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Inventions, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1940s
Phone-Carrying Bra
The patent is here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 03, 2023 -
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Category: Inventions, Telephones, Underwear, Twenty-first Century
Auto Breathalyzer Disguise
Might a felon be embarrassed to be seen blowing into his automobile ignition interlock Breathalyzer? Yes! Then what you need is this camouflage unit!The patent is here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 11, 2023 -
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Category: Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Inventions, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Alcohol, Cars
The Aerowagon
The Wikipedia page.The Aerowagon or Aeromotowagon (Russian: Аэроваго́н, аэродрези́на, romanized: aerovagon, aerodrezyna) was an experimental high-speed railcar fitted with an aircraft engine and propeller traction invented by Valerian Abakovsky, a Soviet engineer from Latvia. It produced speeds of up to 140 kilometres per hour (87 miles per hour).[1] The Aerowagon was originally intended for the express transportation of important documents, and to carry Soviet officials on government business.[2]
Good article and more pics here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 28, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Inventions, Motor Vehicles, 1910s, Russia
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
What does this measure?
This is obviously a measuring device of some kind. But what exactly does it measure? The answer is below in extended.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 14, 2023 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Instruments and Measuring Devices
Body Exerciser
This looks like an excellent way to wreck your vertebrae.Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 12, 2023 -
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Category: Exercise and Fitness, Inventions, Patents, 1920s
The Mole Torpedo
Weapon tunnels through the earth to the enemy. Why is this not in constant use today? Too easy nowadays to sense seismic activity?Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 10, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Inventions, Patents, War
Wailing-Activated Rocking Cradle
Mister Muzzey had a good idea way back in 1962 and was actually ahead of his time--his patent also references a baby monitor to transmit the cries to the parents' room--but I wonder if his device ever went into production? As you can see below, there are modern versions today.
Amazon link.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 03, 2023 -
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Category: Babies, Domestic, Inventions, Patents, Parents, 1960s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Dr. Walker’s Paste-Pump Toothbrush
How the hell could this be any less work than just squeezing a stripe of toothpaste from the tube onto your brush?Source of article.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 20, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Inventions, Chindogu, 1940s
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