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A few have lasting power and succeed despite -- or perhaps even because of -- the ridicule they receive from the public. In this article, we'll look at 10 inventions that either were dismissed or embraced as being silly that ended up becoming famous. Silly Putty. ThighMaster.
- A Selfie Toaster. Who doesn't love taking selfies? We've pretty much all gotten in on the trend at this point. But did you know you can actually eat your selfie?
- Metal-Detecting Sandals. You know when you're at the beach and you see someone cruising around with their metal detector, hoping to find something good?
- Vibrating Jeans. We all have a pair of favorite jeans, but if your favorite pair isn't doing it for you, imagine this: a pair of jeans that vibrates. Why, you might ask?
- Keyboard Pants. If you always need to have your keyboard handy, well, you could get an iPad or something. Or you could get these jeans with a built-in keyboard.
Inventions. Wild. ave you ever gone for a hike and come back with burrs stuck to your clothes? George de Mestral did. Picking the burrs off one day in the 1940s, the Swiss inventor started wondering how they might be put to good use. He looked at the burrs under a microscope and discovered they have tiny hooks that grab onto clothing. He
Oct 3, 2023 · Wild Inventions introduces six pairs of animals and the inventions they inspired. It gives readers a peek at the creative process involved in designing new inventions to help people stay safe, live more comfortably, and go places and do things that weren’t previously possible.
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May 15, 2008 · News Animals. Wild innovation. African chimp offers unusual glimpse of technological invention in action. By Bruce Bower. May 15, 2008 at 9:55 am. Just because there’s no patent office in the...
Top 10 innovations. Printing press. Light bulb. Airplane. Personal computer. Vaccines. Automobile. Clock. Telephone. Refrigeration. Camera. The U.S. librarian of Congress ranks history's most...
