The following is an article from The Annals of Imp... ...ina Tsipis, Improbable Research staffHere are two patented inventions designed to wake sleeping persons.Stev... ...ner“Machine for Waking a Sleeper,” US patent 7283427, granted to James Thomas Stevens, October... ...o;Device for Waking Perso...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/03/06/Plucked-From-Obscurity-Inventions-to-Wake-a-Sleeper/Because Albert Einstein was so well-known and rega... ...to improve existing gadgets. He held quite a few patents , including one for a refrigerator that would make... ...e the bugs could be worked out. Eistein also held patents for a hearing aid, a camera, and even a blouse. R...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/11/Albert-Einsteins-Forgotten-Inventions/In 1986, Waldemar Anguita acquired a patent for a helmet with cactuses inside. The idea behin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/12/31/The-Greenhouse-Helmet/What new gadget would make going back to school ea... ...sn’t rouse you in time, how about this 1882 patented “device for waking persons from sleep?&rdqu... ...iddle school student. See ten more back-to-school patents in a slide show at at Smithsonian.
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/08/29/11-Cool-Funny-or-Just-Plain-Strange-Patents-for-Back-to-School/The following is an article from The Annals of Imp... ...esby Marina Tsipis, Improbable Research staffU.S. patent #4565370 was granted on January 21, 1986 to Tony... ...nging upside down.”Mr. Christianson’s patent makes pointed reference to earlier, roughly simil... ...ially to one by R.M. Martin,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/07/25/Plucked-from-Obscurity-Upside-Down-Reliability/The following is an article from The Annals of Imp... ...wanted Photography and Video Recording,” US Patent 8157396, was granted to Wilbert Leon Smith, Jr. a... ...Gardiner for bringing this to our attention.)The patent describes this as “an illustration of a pap... ...ebrity and companion at a pu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/05/02/Plucked-From-Obscurity-A-Device-to-Foil-Unwanted-Paparazzi/The following is an article from The Annals of Imp... ...tion, perhaps unendingly, as these eyeglass-wiper patents demonstrate.Karwowska's Eyeglass Wipers (1959)"Ey... ...ka's Eyeglass Wipers (1959)"Eyeglass Wiper," U.S. patent 2888703, issued to Klara Karwowska of Canada, Jun... ...econd blades together......
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/04/18/Plucked-From-Obscurity-Eyeglass-Wipers/The following is an article from The Annals of Imp... ...esby Marina Tsipis, Improbable Research staffU.S. patent #2033357 was granted to Norman D. Riker of Plando... ...to kill vermin on a person or an animal. In his patent , Riker writes that “It very frequently happ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/01/25/Plucked-from-Obscurity-Killer-Clothes/The following is an article from The Annals of Imp... ...technology history.Dog-Assisted SurveillanceU.S. patent #6782847 granted August 31, 2004 to David Shemesh... ...ce monitor of non-humans in real time.” The patent contains a sequence of three drawings—repro... ...tuation.”Artificial-Ca...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/01/10/Plucked-from-Obscurity-Technology-Animals/In the 19th century, cities became crowded, buildings were built higher, and there were plenty of things to cause fires, like fireplaces, boilers, stoves, and gas lamps. Inventive minds went to work on emergency devices...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/12/10/The-Creative-and-Forgotten-Fire-Escape-Designs-of-the-1800s/
