inventions

40 photos tagged inventions, from 7 members of Flickr Commons.

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Apparaat maakt licht hoorbaar voor blinden / Blind man hearing light

from Nationaal Archief

  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Disability History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    The man is holding an "Exploring Optophone," invented by physicist E. E. Fournier d'Albe (1868-1933) and first exhibited in 1912 at the Optical Convention, South Kensington. It used a selenium detector to control a sound output. D'Albe went on to invent a "Reading Optophone," which attempted to convert text into sound. See Michael Capp and Phil Picton, "The Optophone: An Electronic Blind Aid," Engineering Science and Education Journal (June 2000): 137-143.

Elektrisch verwarmd vest / Electrically heated jacket

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  • accessible umbrella said:
    ...and looks bullet-proof too
  • Joseph de Lange said:
    The invention was just a little before its time. These days Milwaukee makes a heated jacket powered by a battery.

Terreinwagen / All terrain car

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  • Makatsuta said:
    That thing looks wicked cool!
  • Brendan Etheridge said:
    I wonder how many wheels are driven?
  • Randall Wade (Rand) Grant said:
    Very cool, the first ATV.
  • David Cory said:
    Added to the gallery "Wacky Vehicles."
  • essichgurgn said:
    It´s not british, but a swiss 1936 Saurer 90PS military prototype!