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The Mansail

July 28, 2022 ~ unmakeme ~ Leave a comment

It is summer--the season of ill-advised aquatic inventions!

Michael Jackson’s Anti-Grav Shoes

June 25, 2022January 6, 2022 ~ unmakeme ~ Leave a comment

The anniversary of Michael Jackson's death is today, and his legacy remains a strange one. And so let me introduce you to Michael Jackson the inventor.

The English Horsebus

May 6, 2022May 10, 2022 ~ unmakeme ~ Leave a comment

Everything old is new again, and then is old again, in this patent from Great Britain dating to the 1970s/80s.

The Blow-Toy

April 11, 2022April 8, 2022 ~ unmakeme ~ Leave a comment

This one comes from Deutschland... or maybe Switzerland?

The Anti-Eating Face Mask

March 14, 2022 ~ unmakeme ~ Leave a comment

An insatiable hunger...

The Cosmic Cube

March 7, 2022 ~ unmakeme ~ Leave a comment

In which we explore another crackpot invention.

Love Meats

February 14, 2022 ~ unmakeme ~ Leave a comment

I did not expect this cross-cultural carnivorous bounty.

You’ve heard of cupping, right?

January 28, 2022 ~ unmakeme ~ Leave a comment

The idea is that you apply suction to the body. The vacuum sucks the person's skin up into the cup, causing bruising. And... health?

It’s cold — let’s make a weird mermaid!

January 21, 2022January 19, 2022 ~ unmakeme ~ Leave a comment

We patent attorneys are not typically selected for our skill in depicting the human form.

The Banana Protective Device

January 3, 2022 ~ unmakeme ~ Leave a comment

"Necessity is the mother of invention" has a corollary: Strange needs beget strange inventions.

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