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50+ Crazy And Useless Inventions From The Past You Won’t Believe Existed

Humans have been working on ideas and inventions since the dawn of civilization. Some of these inventions have become a part of our life, and we cannot live without them, such as electricity and internet. From digital gadgets, VR headsets to space rockets and self-driving cars, these inventions have become inseparable part of our lives. However, not all inventions and ideas that we have built and imagined are great and comfortable; some of them are absurd and crazy.

Here below is a collection of silly and pointless creations that humans have ever made. From crazy family bicycle with the sewing machine and table for the lady to a brush that has two mirrors and long sticks, these ideas and inventions are utterly pointless and absurd.

Vote your favorite one and also check strange cars and some other bizarre inventions from the past.

#1 UV Lamp Brands Babies, 1938

UV Lamp Brands Babies, 1938

Hospitals would be able to use this to mark newborn babies with their initials in order to avoid any switched-at-birth scandals.

#2 Laryngaphone, 1929

Laryngaphone, 1929

A man at a shipping exhibition in Olympia, London, demonstrating the ''Laryngaphone, '' a noise-excluding telephone which only transmits vibrations from the vocal chords when the microphone is placed against the throat or cheek. For the man who wants to annoy both his wife and his mistress.

#3 Faxed Newspaper, 1938

Faxed Newspaper, 1938

In 1938, the world’s first wireless newspaper was sent from WOR radio station in New York City. In this photo, children are reading the children’s page of a Missouri paper.

#4 Suntan-Lotion Dispenser

Suntan-Lotion Dispenser

Model Betty Dutter demonstrates how the spray nozzle is held on the new "Sun-Tan Lotion Dispenser" at the Annual Vending Machine Convention in Chicago on Jan. 19, 1949. A dime could get you a 30-second spray job.

#5 Desk Beds, 1913

Desk Beds, 1913

A schoolboy sleeps in a desk that also folds out into a hammock.

#6 See-Through Boats

See-Through Boats

This 1941 photo shows a model in a transparent "Lucite" rowboat, designed to see everything below the seat.

#7 Back Brush

Back Brush

New back brush lets bather see just what she is up to..

#8 Hangover Mask

Hangover Mask

Nothing will make you feel better when you’re suffering from a hangover than a mask that looks like this.

#9 Shaving Robot

Shaving Robot

This handy robot shaving assistant definitely isn’t a horrific accident waiting to happen.

#10 Cigarette Pack Holder, 1955

Cigarette Pack Holder, 1955

In the 50s, everyone smoked. In fact, they couldn’t smoke fast enough if this cigarette pack holder is any indication. Did the inventor of this fine contraption not know that excess nicotine causes violent vomiting, dizziness and severe headache?

#11 Life Jackets Made From Bicycle Tubing, 1925

Life Jackets Made From Bicycle Tubing, 1925

A group of youngsters tied a bike tyre around the body as a swimming aid. Germany, 1925

#12 Wooden Bathing Suits, 1929

Wooden Bathing Suits, 1929

Wooden bathing suits, supposed to make swimming a lot easier. Haquian, Washington, USA, 1929.

#13 Radio Stroller, 1921

Radio Stroller, 1921

Stroller equipped with a radio, including antenna and loudspeaker, to keep the baby quiet; USA, 1921

#14 Baby Cage, 1937

Baby Cage, 1937

A nanny supervising a baby suspended in a wire cage attached to the outside of a high tenement block window. The cages were distributed to members of the Chelsea Baby Club in London who have no gardens, or qualms about putting a child in a box dangling over a busy street.

#15 Motorized Surfboard, 1948

Motorized Surfboard, 1948

Back in 1948, there was apparently nothing weird about riding across a lake on a motorized surfboard while wearing a nice suit and bowler hat and smoking a cigarette. Forget his lack of safety gear – inventor Joe Gilpin looks cool gliding along on the water.

#16 Rainy Day Cigarette Holder, 1954

Rainy Day Cigarette Holder, 1954

President of Zeus Corp., Robert L. Stern, smoking a cigarette from his self-designed rainy day cigarette holder.

#17 Honegar, 1959

Honegar, 1959

Inventor of a honey and vinegar mixture, called Honegar, Dr. DeForest C. Jarvis. Honegar was said to be a folk remedy for aches and pains, though it mainly sounds like a cure for lack of nausea.

#18 Fast-Draw Robot, 1960

Fast-Draw Robot, 1960

Robot equipped with fast-draw invention shoots it out with live gunner. It's always easy to question the wisdom of giving a robot a gun, but also making him quick on the draw is just irresponsible.

#19 Illuminated Tires, 1961

Illuminated Tires, 1961

A woman adjusts her stocking by the light of the Goodyear's illuminated tires. The tire is made from a single piece of synthetic rubber and is brightly lit by bulbs mounted inside the wheel rim.

#20 Finnish Portable Sauna, 1962

Finnish Portable Sauna, 1962

You can carry it anywhere and everywhere. Like, office, public washrooms, even in public transport.

#21 Anti-Bandit Bag, 1963

Anti-Bandit Bag, 1963

Inventor John H T Rinfret demonstrates his anti-bandit bag. To foil thieves the chain is pulled and the bottom of the case falls out so the contents are scattered over the floor. That'll stop those thieves from getting at the contents of your bag! No, wait. It won't.

#22 Hubbard Electrometer, 1968

Hubbard Electrometer, 1968

American science fiction writer and founder of the Church of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard uses his Hubbard Electrometer to determine whether tomatoes experience pain, 1968. His work led him to the conclusion that tomatoes "scream when sliced."

#23 Shower Hood, 1970

Shower Hood, 1970

This shower hood from 1970 has us baffled. Is it meant to keep your head dry while you shower? Or does it let you just wash your hair while your face stays dry?

#24 Psychograph, 1931

Psychograph, 1931

A machine to measure the shape of your head. The machine consisted of 1,954 parts in a metal carrier with a continuous motor-driven belt inside a walnut cabinet containing statements about 32 mental faculties. These faculties were each rated 1 through 5, "deficient" to "very superior," so that there were 160 possible statements but an almost unlimited number of possible combinations.

#25 Clap Skate, 1936

Clap Skate, 1936

In 1936, inventor R. Handl came up with the movable heel plate, but it wasn’t until 1996 that this concept revolutionized skating.

#26 Piano For the Bedridden, 1935

Piano For the Bedridden, 1935

Piano especially designed for people confined to bedrest; Great Britain, 1935.

#27 Hamblin Glasses, 1936

Hamblin Glasses, 1936

A pair of spectacles especially designed for reading in bed. England, 1936.

#28 Electrically Heated Jacket, 1932

Electrically Heated Jacket, 1932

Electrically heated vest, developed for the traffic police in the United States, 1932. The power is supplied by electric contacts in the street.

#29 Loetafoon, 1929

Loetafoon, 1929

A turntable linked to a film projector. It comes with single, dual and triple turntable. Designed by F.B.A. Prinsen, 1929.

#30 Amphibious Bicycle, 1932

Amphibious Bicycle, 1932

This land-and-water bike can carry a load of 120 pounds; Paris, 1932.

#31 Car With Shovel For Pedestrians, 1924

Car With Shovel For Pedestrians, 1924

Kind of shovel on a car. Purpose: reducing the number of casualties among pedestrians. Paris, 1924.

#32 Snowstorm Mask, 1939

Snowstorm Mask, 1939

Plastic face protection from snowstorms. Canada, Montreal, 1939.

#33 Baby Stroller Protected From Gas Attacks, 1938

Baby Stroller Protected From Gas Attacks, 1938

A wartime stroller equipped with gas protection; England, Hextable, 1938.

#34 Safety Belt for kids, 1939

Safety Belt for kids, 1939

This could be helpful for single mothers dealing with what to do when the phone rings, your other child cries and someone knocks at the door while you're in the middle of bath time with the little one. Just strap 'em in and go about your business.

#35 The “Motorwheel”

The "Motorwheel"

Swiss engineer M. Gerder is seen driving his "Motorwheel," a motorcycle with a wheel that runs on a rail placed inside a solid rubber tire.

#36 Pipe For Two

Pipe For Two

Two men demonstrate a pipe called the "Double Ender" in New York, June 2, 1949.

#37 Bald-Head Polishers

Bald-Head Polishers

The brush is constructed to fit a bald head's contour, with bristles for brushing hair and a felt pad to gently massage the scalp.

#38 Vibrating Bras

Vibrating Bras

The bra claimed to develop and strengthen the bust and was designed to vibrate while the person wearing it was at work.The bra claimed to develop and strengthen the bust and was designed to vibrate while the person wearing it was at work.

#39 Monopod Seats, 1953

Monopod Seats, 1953

Designed to be easily transported, these 1953 monopod seats could provide a quick and easy place to sit when on the go.

#40 Sunning Chairs, 1946

Sunning Chairs, 1946

10-year-old named Marne Smith came up with an easy way to avoid a crick in your neck after lying outside for a tan.

#41 Feet-brush

Feet-brush

Brushes on feet allow housewife to read while scrubbing floor

#42 Infrared turkey cooker

Infrared turkey cooker

This crazy giant machine actualy used to cook turkey

#43 Family Bicycle, 1939

Family Bicycle, 1939

From 1939 is this incredible and yet utterly pointless bicycle for the family complete with sewing machine and table for the good lady wife.

#44 Cat Mew, 1963

Cat Mew, 1963

In 1963 the Cat-Mew Machine was invented in Japan, its purpose was to scare off rats and mice by emitting a meow sound throughout the day.

#45 Foldable sun-reflector, 1961

Foldable sun-reflector, 1961

Sunbathing with a foldable reflector, The Netherlands, 1961

#46 Cup Bras, 1949

Cup Bras, 1949

Charles L. Langs poses with his strapless, backless, wireless, support-less bras. His wife is justifiably dubious.

#47 Curved Barrel Machine Gun, 1952

Curved Barrel Machine Gun, 1952

This M3 sub-machine gun with a curved barrel for shooting around corners. It's the perfect gun for the "shoot first, look where you're shooting later" kind of guy.

#48 The isolator, 1925

The isolator, 1925

In the 1920s, Hugo Gernsback published a design for a creepy-looking helmet that blocks out sound and vision so someone can focus on their work.

#49 Heil, Mickey Mouse

Heil, Mickey Mouse

This German audio-visual apparatus was designed to enhance the boom and flash of enemy artillery and, thus, help pinpoint gun positions.

#50 A hat with storage capabilities

A hat with storage capabilities

This hat can store brush, combs and what fits in these mini-pockets.

#51 Hat With Integrated Radio, 1931

Hat With Integrated Radio, 1931

Portable radio in a straw hat, made by an American inventor in 1931

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#52 Dashboard Coffeemakers, 1950

Dashboard Coffeemakers, 1950

According to the designer, the machine held enough water for three cups of coffee and can also be used for preparing soups, boiling eggs, or heating water for washing or shaving.

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