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Stamp licking machine powered by tears produced from cutting an onion
This stamp licking machine is powered by tears produced from cutting an onion. Joseph, the mastermind behind this creation, chops an onion and cries into a funnel. His tears are then transferred to...
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Joseph made a conveyor-belt machine that feeds users a 5 course meal
Joseph made a conveyor-belt machine that fed him and his friends a 5 course meal. I love the way it's built out of everyday household items such as a spatula, hammer and nails, dice, ect. One wouldn't...
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1936 device claimed to create dimples in users
The Dimple Maker was a device made by Mrs. E. Isabella Gilbert in 1936 which claimed to create and deepen dimples in users. Spoiler alert: the device did nothing at all for the creation or enhancement...
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Giant book on a toy biz giant
I was fascinated to dive into all 600 pages (!) of A World With Reality: Inside Marvin Glass's Toy Vault, Bill Paxton's monumental biography and history of the toy invention business. You know the...
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Watch: Inventor creating skates from kids' bikes
Watching Jake Carlini reminded me how challenging it can be to develop something new. This YouTuber and inventor went through several iterations before finally arriving at a functional model....
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Huge whirlygig crown powered by the wind and its wearer's movements
I love this person-powered whirlygig crown by Isabel + Helen. It features a tree-like formation of different sized whirligigs that spin when the wearer begins to walk. This wearable sculpture is...
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A fully operational bicycle with square wheels
What in tarnation?! Someone has gone ahead and made a bicycle with square wheels–and it works! That someone is an inventor on YouTube who goes by The Q. Watch this crazy thing in action. (Nag on the...
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Rick Stanley makes wildly inventive clocks
Rick Stanley is a clockmaker (and an artist, in my eyes) who makes beautiful and wildly inventive clocks. He makes clocks from all types of found objects that one wouldn't typically expect to see in a...
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Stroboscopic animation emerges from whiteboard drawing on spinning pottery wheel
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Juxtapoz Magazine (@juxtapozmag) See the animation that emerges when Yohei Kisanuki (@limbatrip) starts drawing on a whiteboard on a spinning potter's...
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Turning a pickup truck into a giant dot matrix printer
In a new YouTube video, Ryder Calm Down, a creative technologist and software engineer, shows off a wild idea he came up with. He turned his pickup truck into a big printer that can write on the road,...
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The Ferris wheel: A look at its history, artistry, and enduring appeal
This CBS Sunday Morning video explores the history, artistry, and appeal of the Ferris wheel, the creation of "up-and-coming" inventor George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. Ferris had an idea to create a...
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Skateboard engineer Matt Tomasello is inventing new boards
Matt Tomaselo is a talented skateboard engineer who likes to invent new skateboard tricks and unique skateboards to perform them on. The boards he makes are incredibly cool and inventive. I've never...
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The weirdest inventions you didn't know existed
These six things exist because someone just had to go there. They are a testament to humankind's ingenuity. Useful? Maybe. Weird? Absolutely. Enjoy everything from using your child as a mop to a mug...
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Graham's 3-Wheeler: a 1929 science-fiction movie car that defied convention
This three-wheeled car was invented by Mr. A. Graham of Kingston, Surrey in 1929. My favorite thing about this car is its nautical, circular door. Although it's only meant for dry land, the car looks...
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Gaston Tissandier's 1883 "Swimming Apparatus" gave humans propeller power
French scientist and balloonist Gaston Tissandier published this image of a "swimming apparatus" in his book Les Récréations Scientifiques in 1883. The book is full of similarly amusing illustrations...
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Genius invention lets you snack without getting your hands dirty
The Snackuum is a tool invented by Unnecessary Inventions. Contrary to the name of this YouTube channel, this invention looks very necessary to me. I despise getting my hands covered in dust when I'm...
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