The parachute, an innovation that has saved so man... ...attached to the pilot by a harness. He dubbed the invention the RK-1 (Russian Kotelnikov 1). The RK-1 was att... ...the Russian military resisted using Kotelnikov's invention , because they thought it would encourage pilots t...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/08/The-Early-Days-of-the-Parachute/
McDonalds usually gets the credit -or the blame- for inventing chicken nuggets. The company introduced the McNugget in 1980. But Cornell University professor Robert C. Baker had made the same thing in 1963!It’s a m...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/28/The-Father-of-the-Chicken-Nugget/
Having bootstrapped Neatorama and the NeatoShop, I know firsthand how hard it is to get something started. For Buckyballs, the little rare earth magnetic balls playset that could, that start has...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/10/buckyballs-to-provide-25000-startup-cash-for-the-next-big-thing/
On March 21, 1920, the Sandusky Register repor... ...the Sandusky Register reported on an astonishing invention in which W. W. Macfarlane, traveling in a car (dr...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/the-worlds-first-carphone/
This double barreled contraption can either be... ...ecome a vomitorium. This is the kind of stupid invention you hope doesn't fall into the wrong hands, even...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/30/for-the-lush-that-has-everything-the-booze-backpack/
George Merryweather was a doctor in Whitby, on the British coast of Yorkshire. He was also an inventor. ...the thing which Mr. Merryweather became truly famous for was his "Atmospheric, Electromagnetic Telegraph, conduc...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/30/tempest-prognosticator/(YouTube Link) So it never helped anyone open up a hair salon in their home, and it only cuts your hair into one generic style, but the Flowbee is as fun to use as it's name is to say. Watch this educational video abo...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/09/22/so-now-you-know-how-to-use-a-flowbee/
What's the hottest new home accessory that will make your life easier and way more fun? Well, it's probably not this sadistic little number, and if you think this thing looks like fun then you're sick! Leo Voelker applie...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/17/catch-birds-and-feed-your-cat-at-the-same-time/
If you're upset about the state of education in America, here's a ray of hope in the form of a robotic hand. Created by Colorado high school student Easton LaChappelle, this mechanical marvel was ingeniously printed out...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/16/robotic-hand-made-by-high-school-kid/
Flickr user Mr. Thinktank posted this " invention " for levitating cats. Cats love anti gravity. I...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/14/1954-karlsson-cat-levitator/
