Not *quite* as awesome as kitten mittens.
Driving Mittens Glow To Aid Hand Signals
Driving mittens with their backs chemically treated to glow in the dark have been introduced for motorists. Besides being useful for giving hand signals to following drivers, the mittens provide enough light to show up the keyhole in a car or garage door. Exposed to a strong light momentarily, they are said to show the ground for several yards around, and still give off light after two or three hours. They are available in several sizes.
Why is there a basketball team watching the girl ride? And also, doesn’t almost one slice per minute seem a bit high?
Meter Gauges Work in Bread-Slice Units
How rapidly exercise uses up the energy in the food you eat is graphically demonstrated by a device called the “bread-o-meter” at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. When a visitor mounts a bicycle frame and pedals vigorously, a generator produces electricity in proportion to his effort, and figures on a board show how many slices or loaves of bread would be needed to furnish this energy.
Monster. Is that a technical term?
SEX GLOSSARY
MONOZYGOTIC TWINS. Twins which develop from one fertilized egg and therefore have identical inherited characteristics.
MONS VENERIS. The pubic mound; the slight prominence above the female vulva that is covered with pubic hair.
MONSTER. A child born grossly malformed; most do not survive.
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There is definitely a joke about mustache rides in here somewhere.
PATENTS Nutty or Novel?
These Extraordinary devices hare all been granted patents by the U. S. Government
One-wheeled Sulky Would Make a Horse Laugh
THIS invention of a one-wheeled racing sulky even made the horse laugh; he doesn’t seem to realize that the joke is on him. What with keeping his balance and trying to steer the horse and dodging out of the way of the revolving contraption above his head, the gentlemanly jockey preserves his poise in a manner to warm the heart of Emily Post. With the addition of a garland of hibiscus and jonquils to the rim of Read the rest of this entry »
So apparently the heads-up-display was invented by a wrestler and financed by all his wrestler buddies. If this story doesn’t have the makings of a feel-good Disney movie I don’t know what does.
Who should play the Mad Greek? What role will Brendan Fraser and Cuba Gooding Jr play? Will there be talking animals?
Wrestler With a Million-Dollar Gadget
Here’s the blow by blow story of how a wrestling genius-of-all-trades nursed a bright idea into a device worth a fortune— with the help of a crew of grunt-and-groaners.
By Alfred Eris
THE Mad Greek, also known as Prince Ilaki Ibn Ali Hassan, has invented a gadget which promises to revolutionize the speedometer of every automobile on the road today! In view of this, why people call wrestler Agisilaki Mihalakis the Mad Greek is a mystery.
There’s a long story behind his Glowmeter invention but, in telling it, let’s call him Mike. Mike’s gadget is a speedometer attachment that lets you know your exact speed without looking away from the road. Read the rest of this entry »
Actually she seems to be rather enjoying it. Remember fellas, if you want to hose down a random girl on the street, make sure her dress won’t wrinkle. Generally only a scientist can tell, thus the lab coat.
She Doesn’t Care!
1. Water will leave almost no wrinkles in her dress, thanks to a new fabric woven of resin-treated cotton fibers that tend to return to their original shape after dousing or crushing. This amazing cloth stays clean longer and wears better.
2. Create this fabric, scientists add to a natural product—cotton—a synthetic that becomes an integral part of the fiber itself. In just this same way, Conoco scientists developed Conoco Super Motor Oil, by adding to a natural product —oil—additives that keep your engine clean, protect it from wear, fight acid, sludge, and rust.
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I tried to OCR this, but my computer just started laughing at me.
I’m sure someone told the ad agency to make the bread seem “modern” and “scientific” and in the fifties and sixties, that meant “put a rocket in it.” If you want to read a brilliant account of how the space race came to pervade advertising of the time, check out Megan Prellinger’s book Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957-1962
. I really enjoyed it.
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The panel on the bottom left seems like a demonstration of making microwave popcorn. I have no idea what the ice was for. Perhaps to show that the popcorn wasn’t being heated?
Also, upper right panel, WTF? How does light make the apple move? Why does this involve a Rastus robot?
New Developments in Electricity
This powerful “Stroboglow light,” synchronized with the revolving fan blades, makes them appear as if standing still. Airplane props are studied similarly.
Above — Corn in the container between the two jars of ice was popped in two minutes by heat from high frequency radio waves directed at the kernels.
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