Archive Gallery: 138 Years of Quirky Inventions from the Pages of PopSci

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Wow, that sub is actually pretty cool!

The merry-go-round rowing machine, install them in prisons with generators and inmates can produce and store needed electricity for the prison. no sitting around. it's not inhumane or torturous.

I guess you steer it by shifting the center of mass...

I like the personal sub!

The bike sail however, is pretty dumb. We did the same thing with a windbreaker and a skateboard when we were kids. It would be fine set exactly square to a tailwind, but go the other direction and you have a fantastic speed brake, lol. A strong crosswind would probably jerk a rider right off the bike.

The dynasphere would make great toy if one had a big field to roll around.

Those glasses would be perfect for me...

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