Cool Inventions From The Past

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18 Cool Inventions From the Past
The time between the wars – the Great War and WW2 was one of great loss and uncertainty, but also one of invention, creativity and new ideas. The horrors of WWI shattered enlightenment belief that progress would continue and reason would prevail. New ideas and patterns of life developed in the 1920’s and in the way that people looked at the world.
The fast pace of technology change in the 20’s brought us the lie detector, traffic signal, bubble gum and Penicillin. An all-electronic moving-image television system somewhat similar to that used today was invented and demonstrated in 1929.
The 30’s were not less invention-intensive bringing us the jet engine, helicopter, tea bags, sticky tape, ballpoint pen and the first photocopier.
However, somewhere between these great world-changing inventions there were some fun and sometimes even hilarious inventions the world has forgotten. BoredPanda proudly presents these Cool Inventions From the Past – enjoy!

Some of these inventions are really funny! (click link above)
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Car With Shovel For Pedestrians (Paris, 1924)
A kind of shovel on a car.
Purpose: reducing the number of casualties among pedestrians.

I really love these!
Isn't this a bold fashion statement?
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Oh, by the way, in case you might be wondering:
Face Protection From Snowstorms (Canada, 1939)
Used to protect one's face from snowstorms.

JackRabbit wrote:I really love these!
Isn't this a bold fashion statement?
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Oh, by the way, in case you might be wondering:
Face Protection From Snowstorms (Canada, 1939)
Used to protect one's face from snowstorms.

Kind of scary looking, Jack! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Jack?
One Wheel
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One wheel motorcycle (invented by
Italian

HOW did this work?! Did you go around WITH the tire?! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Did the motor have a track it moved on?

I think the wheel rotates on the outside. The inner ring, with the motor and the man ... stays put. Of course, if you went around with the wheel ... that might be fun, too! (Although you'd get a bit dizzy!)

Jack, I think you should try that and let us know what you think! lol

That motorcycle must have been a forerunner of the whatchamagigger that you can stand on & ride.

Sneaky is good wrote:That motorcycle must have been a forerunner of the whatchamagigger that you can stand on & ride.

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Ha! You mean one of these things Sneaky?
They're called "Segways" (I couldn't remember the name for them, either.) I don't think they caught-on as big as they first thought they would. Never tried one of those, but they look like they might be fun. People DO look kinda funny on them though.