6 The discovery of the Most Ridiculous Throughout the 20th Century

Posted in Senin, 20 Desember 2010
by fuad

6 The discovery of the Most Ridiculous Throughout the 20th Century

The 20th century was marked by a number of great inventions that changed people's lives. There is a sophisticated car invention, also the internet. In the century humans even able to set foot on the Moon.

However, not all findings were worthy of inclusion in history books. Because, some of the findings determined to have failed, even ridiculous. What are the findings that in the category useless?

1. TV Glasses, 1963. The inventor, Hugo Gernsback TV wearing glasses, the product was never released.

2. Motorized sled. Inventors from Hollywood, Joe Gilpin riding a motorized skateboard in 1948.


3. Baby wired cage placed outside the window. A baby sitter watching a baby that is inserted in a wire cage outside the window of a tall building in 1937. These cages were distributed to members of Chelsea Baby Club in London who do not have a garden or a bear to put their baby on a crowded street.


4. Antihujan cigarette umbrella. Zeus Corp. President, Robert L. Stern, menggunalan umbrella of cigarettes which he designed himself in 1954. Although the rain would not wet.

5. Electrometer Hubbart. Science fiction writer and founder of the church flow of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard using Hubbard electrometer to find out whether the tomatoes feel pain in 1968.

What he did led to the conclusion: 'tomatoes scream when cut'.

6. Robot shooter. A robot equipped with a rifle shooters competed with humans in 1960. This raises many questions, wise to equip the robot with a gun.


Source: vivanews.com