Old Inventions

It must've been so easy to invent things back in the day. A bunch of cavepeople walking around, no wheel in sight, like a bunch of idiots. One day, someone goes “hey, we should have a wheel!” Boom, consider yourself wheeled. Of course, the wheel is obvious. You've got to strap on your steampunk goggles and driving gloves to really get on some of these guys' levels. Inventing something out of a sci-fi book? That takes dedication. Inventing a cattle prod out of nowhere? That takes genius. And if you can manage to cause a moral panic over an invention, buddy, that's a Lifetime Achievement Award. None of these, of course, can hold a candle to the dentist who invented the cotton candy machine

A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA

The 6 Most Badass Robots (Invented Before Electricity)

You might think that robots are strictly a 20th century invention, but you'd be sorely mistaken: At the same time that the human race thought stomach aches were just tiny, enchanted dwarfs casting hunger spells, a few brilliant souls (possibly aliens) were actually building full functional robots.

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