August 27, 2010

Hand Typewriter (Apr, 1936)

Filed under: Impractical — @ 8:40 am
Source: Science And Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1936
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Hand Typewriter

AN Austrian inventor has made this machine, in which types on his gloved hands take the place of the usual writing mechanism.

8 Comments »

1. I wonder what his word per minute count was and how well he could align those letters. I can’t imagine anyone using this for anything other than a stunt. Now I’ve seen everything so I suppose I can finally throw my glasses out!

   Rick

   Comment by rick s. — August 27, 2010 @ 11:29 am

2. “For when cutting out letters from magazines for your ransom note won’t do.”

   Comment by jayessell — August 27, 2010 @ 12:43 pm

3. Doubles as brass knuckles.
   Do NOT get in to a fight with that guy!
   You’ll find that words CAN hurt you!

   Comment by Tim — August 27, 2010 @ 5:05 pm

4. Was the guy’s name Etaoin Shrdlu?

   Comment by Toronto — August 27, 2010 @ 5:31 pm

5. Add upper case, punctuation and numbers, and you need a couple of dozen fingers.

   That’s like reinventing the wheel as a triangle.

   Comment by Repack Rider — August 28, 2010 @ 9:02 am

6. A “Machine”? I think “rings” are a better term.

   Comment by Mike — August 28, 2010 @ 11:24 am

7. It makes me think of these three letters:

   W
   T
   F

   Comment by Don — August 28, 2010 @ 5:03 pm

8. This Austrian, whoever he is/was, invented a solution to a problem that didn’t exist. This is like that kid (wish I knew his name) who invented hangers that collapse so you can pull your shirt off of them instead of undoing a button and removing them like a civilized human being.

   On a less serious note, the comments that have been posted so far have almost made me LOL.

   Comment by ReginaPhalange — August 31, 2010 @ 1:21 pm

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