2/26/2012

Failed Inventions Museum Opens In Austria

Necessity is the mother of invention, but is a museum dedicated to inventions that didn't work a necessary invention?
Fritz Gall thinks so.
A failed inventor himself, Gall decided to create a museum in his home town of Herrnbaumgarten, Austria, dedicated to the inventions that, unlike the personal computer, lightbulb or even wheel, have no chance of changing history -- or anything.
The inventions on display at the Museum of Nonsense are much more mundane, according to The Nation. They're bizarre.
For instance, let's say your at a public event and you don't want to be recognized on camera. One inventor dreamed up the "portable anonymizer" -- a stick with a black bar that you'd hold in front of your eyes -- to obscure yourself from the public's prying eyes.
Other inventions that nobody will ever use include a portable hole straight out of a "Roadrunner" cartoon, a fully transportable hat stand, a bristleless toothbrush for people with no teeth, and a fits-anyone jumper with sleeves in various lengths.
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