Arthur Ganson‘s ballet for machinery and a chair: (Thanks to investigator Vaughn Tan for bringing this to our attention.)
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Another British tea innovation
Britain gave the world many things. Among those are deadpan delivery, Heath Robinson, and a fascination for detailed methods of brewing tea. Those three gifts are combined in the “revolutionary approach to the gentle art of making tea” announced recently by a firm called Cambridge Consultants. Behold their demonstrative video: (Thanks to investigator Robinj for […]
How to dismantle a bicycle, theft by theft
The maker of this short video explains: “Last year, Red Peak Branding conducted a unique urban experiment for Hudson Urban Bicycles. On January 1, 2011 we chained a fully loaded bike – bells, basket, lights and more – to a post along a busy Soho street. We took a picture of the bike everyday for […]
A necktie-tying machine
The sewing machine (of which, in truth, there were and are many) had a huge economic impact. Seth Goldstein’s necktie-tying machine, arriving many decades later, may have a smaller effect (thanks to investigator Jennie Regules for bringing this to our attention): BONUS: Bill Nye shows how to tie a bow tie (thanks to investigator Laura […]