Vintage Photos of the Creative Postwar Microcars of Hungary
This post was originally published on this siteIn the early 1950s Hungary, like its neighbors, had languished under a harsh Stalinist regime. Innovation and new […]
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Futuristic Prototype of the First Soviet Night Vision Goggles, ca. 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteA night vision goggles is an optoelectronic device that allows images to be produced in levels of light […]
The 1956 Astra-Gnome “Time and Space Car”, a Weird and Wacky Custom Development of the Metropolitan
This post was originally published on this siteThe Astra-Gnome is concept car by industrial designer Richard Arbib using a 1955 Nash Metropolitan chassis. Described as […]
This Special Bra Was Made Entirely From Plastic to Protect Female Factory Workers During World War II
This post was originally published on this siteWith vast swathes of America’s male population having joined the fighting, the War years saw women filing into […]
Amazing Infographic of the Evolution of Television
This post was originally published on this siteThe life changing technology that had families huddling around a box in their living rooms, bonding over Saturday […]
The 10 Wackiest British Inventions
This post was originally published on this siteA bicycle with wings and a Land Rover that turns into a hovercraft are just a couple of […]
14 Historical Photos That Show the Evolution of Television From the 1920s Through the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteDespite its status as a device that defines the modern age, the television has its roots in the […]
The Revolver Camera: A Colt 38 Carrying a Small Camera That Automatically Takes a Picture When You Pull the Trigger
This post was originally published on this sitePull the trigger. Snap a picture. The revolver camera is old, but not as odd as one might […]
Florence Lawrence: Automotive Inventor and the “World’s First Movie Star”
This post was originally published on this siteFlorence Lawrence was one of the most recognizable women in America in the early 1900s—although nobody knew her […]
The Fastest Car on the Water and the Fastest Boat on the Road: Funny Vintage Photos of Amphicars From the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Amphicar was designed by Hanns Trippel and built in Germany from 1961 to 1968, with a total […]
Bad Invention: Psychograph, a Phrenology Machine to Measure the Shape of Your Head From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1901, Henry C. Lavery, a self-described “profound thinker” of Superior, Wisconsin became certain that phrenology was true […]