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Post by msdemos on Sept 11, 2019 18:31:33 GMT
.......never quite caught on. Air-Conditioned Lawn Mower From The 1950's  (Though some might argue that the lazy husband who watches his wife do most of the work around the house, apparently did!!) Any others ??  SAVE FERRIS
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 11, 2019 18:33:58 GMT
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Post by Catman on Sept 11, 2019 20:28:21 GMT
The Coleco Adam  |
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Post by mecano04 on Sept 11, 2019 21:37:12 GMT
.......never quite caught on. Air-Conditioned Lawn Mower From The 1950's (Though some might argue that the lazy husband who watches his wife do most of the work around the house, apparently did!!) Any others ?? SAVE FERRIS Maybe a failed concept but epic look. I just love the 1950's futuristic designs.
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 12, 2019 16:52:46 GMT
The Dymaxion 3 wheeled car. Couldn't find an image, though. Not sure I got the correct spelling.
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 12, 2019 17:21:26 GMT
The Dymaxion 3 wheeled car. Couldn't find an image, though. Not sure I got the correct spelling. Three-wheel cars were somewhat popular in Europe after WW2 because some countries taxed by the wheel and compactness was desirable on narrow streets. BMW made one. Messerschmitt too. It was banned from making aircraft after the war and so it turned to cars.
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Post by vegalyra on Sept 12, 2019 19:16:50 GMT
Turbine powered cars Chrysler and GM both experimented with them, Chrysler probably going the furthest in development. There were also turbine powered race cars in the 1950s and 1960s.    Pros were less maintenance than a conventional piston powered engine, typically would last much longer, and could operate on different types of fuels (Chrysler even allowed the Mexican President to run it on tequila when asked). Cons were the engines were more expensive to produce, poorer fuel mileage and somewhat higher emissions. |
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Post by maxwellperfect on Sept 13, 2019 3:58:08 GMT
The Cat Piano.  5 The Cat Piano Athanasius Kircher, a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar, documented some fantastical devices including the Katzenklavier ("cat piano"). It has a normal keyboard in front of a line of cages, each of which has a cat trapped inside. When a key is pressed, a nail is driven into the tail of one unfortunate feline, which naturally screeches. It was designed to shock psychiatric patients into changing their behaviour, rather than be something Monteverdi could be played on. Fortunately, it was probably never built. www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/21/10-strangest-musical-instruments |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 13:07:28 GMT
Apparently the Sega Master System in the US which is a surprise to me since it caught on here in Australia and a lot of people I know used to have a Sega Master System and loved games like 'Alex Kidd in Miracle World', 'Wonderboy' and 'Dynamite Düx' but its lack of success in the US is one of the reasons why Sega have taken a long time to release a Sega Master System Mini and keep re-releasing the Mega Drive/ Genesis but Haruki Satomi has said he wants to release a mini for the Master System so that could be changing soon.  
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Post by theauxphou on Sept 13, 2019 14:38:53 GMT
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 13, 2019 17:38:42 GMT
With some attention to vehicles here, from the 1950's I remember the so called suicide knob that was attached to the steering wheel of any car. These were actually banned. It allowed the driver to use this device to make very quick but dangerous turns.
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Post by alpha128 on Sept 13, 2019 18:22:11 GMT
The Cat Piano. 5 The Cat Piano Athanasius Kircher, a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar, documented some fantastical devices including the Katzenklavier ("cat piano"). It has a normal keyboard in front of a line of cages, each of which has a cat trapped inside. When a key is pressed, a nail is driven into the tail of one unfortunate feline, which naturally screeches. It was designed to shock psychiatric patients into changing their behaviour, rather than be something Monteverdi could be played on. Fortunately, it was probably never built. www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/21/10-strangest-musical-instrumentsI've never heard of The Cat Piano. But now I wonder if that was the inspiration for Monty Python's Mouse Organ:
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Post by Stammerhead on Sept 13, 2019 19:02:55 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Sept 13, 2019 23:55:19 GMT
The Bear Scratcher....brought to you by Balloon Boy's crazy father.
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Post by mecano04 on Sept 14, 2019 2:40:11 GMT
The Sinclair C5 Reminds me of :
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Post by maxwellperfect on Sept 14, 2019 4:00:07 GMT
The Cat Piano. 5 The Cat Piano Athanasius Kircher, a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar, documented some fantastical devices including the Katzenklavier ("cat piano"). It has a normal keyboard in front of a line of cages, each of which has a cat trapped inside. When a key is pressed, a nail is driven into the tail of one unfortunate feline, which naturally screeches. It was designed to shock psychiatric patients into changing their behaviour, rather than be something Monteverdi could be played on. Fortunately, it was probably never built. www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/21/10-strangest-musical-instrumentsI've never heard of The Cat Piano. But now I wonder if that was the inspiration for Monty Python's Mouse Organ: So tastelessly hilarious. Jones is my favorite Python.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2019 18:15:26 GMT
.......never quite caught on. Air-Conditioned Lawn Mower From The 1950's (Though some might argue that the lazy husband who watches his wife do most of the work around the house, apparently did!!) Any others ?? ::hmm:: SAVE FERRIS Ho! What demonry?! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2019 18:18:13 GMT
I've heard speak of some variety of motorized horseless carriage. I suspect such talk is pure flap-doodle.
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