Inventions
Buttleopener forces resignation
Mark Gregory invented the Buttleopener, which is a bottle opener shaped like a woman's buttocks. Gregory also served as a member of the Williamson County school board in Tennessee, recently rising to become chairman. But the two aspects of his life (buttleopener inventor and school board chairman) have proven to be incompatible. Gregory recently resigned his position as chairman, bowing to pressure from parents who really, really didn't want him involved with the school board. [rawstory.com]
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 05, 2014 -
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Category: Education, Inventions, School
Ballpoint pen cutlery
These "Din-ink" ballpoint pen caps from ZO_loft allow you to transform your pens into cutlery. Why you would want to do this, I'm not sure. But you can!
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 23, 2014 -
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Category: Food, Inventions
Facial Fitness Pao
Another strange invention from Japan. This one is designed to exercise your facial muscles. Just hold it in your mouth and swing the bars up and down.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 23, 2014 -
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Category: Exercise and Fitness, Inventions
Home heating with beer cans
Back in the late 1970s, Bill Tolle of Woodlawn, Ohio figured out a way to use empty beer cans to heat his home in the winter. Basically he made a solar heater, with the empty cans trapping the sun's heat. But the beer can angle perked the media's interest.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 22, 2014 -
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Category: Engineering and Construction, Inventions, 1970s
William Skinner’s Gravity Engine
Apparently, some 75 years on, people are still trying to prove the reality of this perpetual motion machine.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 16, 2014 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Inventions, 1930s
Cash Cannon
I imagine this is what investment bankers do at parties. Just spray each other with money while laughing maniacally! Available at thecashcannon.com. Real cash not included.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 13, 2014 -
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Category: Inventions, Money, Outrageous Excess
Anti-Sleep Glasses
This sounds like some kind of new self-torture device from Japan. Available at Japan Trend Shop.These clever specs can detect when you haven't blinked in five seconds and fog up one of the lens. This simple function will then "jolt" the eyes and make them focus, thus waking you up before you drop off fully. Men blink once every three seconds; women once every four seconds. So any longer than this and you are slowing down, which generally means you are getting sleepy.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 12, 2014 -
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Category: Inventions, Eyes and Vision
Drink Water Now!
Vittel has introduced a water bottle cap with a built-in timer. After an hour a little flag pops up on top of the cap, reminding you that it's now time to drink more water. Just in case you forgot. Apparently this is a problem for some people.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 18, 2014 -
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Category: Inventions
This Is Me
Heller hopes to start selling "This Is Me"s for $14.95 each later this month. More info at nydailynews.com.
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 21, 2014 -
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Category: Inventions
Digital eyes
A Japanese inventor, Hirotaka Osawa, has created glasses (which he calls AgencyGlass) that display a pair of digital eyes, sparing wearers the burden of having to express emotion with their eyes. The NY Daily News reports:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 23, 2014 -
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Category: Inventions, Chindogu
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