Inventions
Slow Down—You Move Too Fast Decelerator Helmet
With the Decelerator Helmet, you can slow time down to enjoy the view.The Decelerator Helmet - A slow motion for Real Life from Lorenz Potthast on Vimeo.
Look at the slo-mo and stop-motion skateboard example at around 2:30.
The description of how the technology works is also cool.
It makes me wonder if someone wearing the helmet would bump into people if they weren't in real-time. In the video, the subject walks through the crowd but the video is delayed.
As I bump my way through this crowded world, I may be wearing one of these and not know it.
Posted By: gdanea - Fri Dec 07, 2012 -
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Category: Inventions
The EyeSee Mannequin
It's the newest innovation in mannequin technology. It watches customers with the camera installed in its eye, recording details such as age, race, and gender. It also keeps an eye out for shoplifters. Be cool to have one of these as a home security camera. Keep it standing in the window, watching everyone who walks up to the door. [Yahoo! News]
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 24, 2012 -
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Category: Inventions, Robots, Technology
The Weight of Handwriting
Click to enlarge. From The Outline of Science, 1922. One of these would be useful for determining exactly how much weight you gained over Thanksgiving.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 23, 2012 -
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Category: Inventions, Science, 1920s
DIY Railroading
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 08, 2012 -
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Category: Hobbies and DIY, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Inventions, Technology, Wild West and US Frontier, Transportation
No Place Like Dumpster
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 11, 2012 -
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Category: Domestic, Eccentrics, Inventions
The Sport-Briar Pipe
"Is that an Indian Club between your lips, or are you just glad to be smoking?"
No wonder this never caught on.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 01, 2012 -
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Category: Inventions, Chindogu, Smoking and Tobacco, 1920s
The Chest Pencil
This is an unusual object on display at the London Science Museum, which offers this explanation:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 21, 2012 -
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Category: Inventions
Helicopter for Kids
I want one of these in my backyard! From the Lewiston Morning Tribune, Nov 9, 1968:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 29, 2012 -
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Category: Inventions
Self-Gassing Device
Kind of like having an octopus attached to your head. From Popular Science, May 1938.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Aug 19, 2012 -
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Category: Inventions, Medicine
The Inflatoplane
Developed by Goodyear in the 1950s, the Inflatoplane could fit in the trunk of a car, and then be inflated to full size in 10 minutes. The idea was that the air force could drop inflatoplanes to pilots stranded in enemy territory, allowing them to fly themselves to safety. But the project was eventually abandoned because of a series of accidents, and the military's concern that the plane could too easily be shot down. Link: bendbulletin.com
Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 15, 2012 -
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Category: Inventions, Military, Air Travel and Airlines
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