Inventions

Is it usefulness, accidental genius, or sheer dumb luck that produces inventions? Well, after this episode, we at least know for sure what Batman's answer would be. As for the rest of it, you'll just have to listen along while we dive into one of Ceri's dream topics: Inventions!
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[This or That]
Pacemaker
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3232561
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/11/from-…
Snow globe
bbc.com/news/business-25298507
smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-an-experimen…
Stethoscope
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1570491
thoughtco.com/rene-laenecc-stethoscope-1991647
[The Scientific Definition]
Pigeon Vest
americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/pigeons…
Bat Bomb
airandspaceforces.com/article/1090bats
atlasobscura.com/articles/the-almost-perfect-w…
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/old…
Chicken Eyeglasses
gizmodo.com/thousands-of-chickens-once-wore-gl…
thecrimson.com/article/1989/11/27/entrepreneur…
extension.psu.edu/poultry-cannibalism-preventi…
patents.google.com/patent/US730918
Experiment (patent in category “Boats to ascend rivers”)
books.google.com/books?id=K1YdAAAAIAAJ&pg=…
liberalarts.tamu.edu/nautarch/nwl/lake-champla…
books.google.com/books?id=z0Avt3ruFx0C&pg=…
uspto.gov/blog/the-search-for-lost-x
[Ask the Science Couch]
“Ahead of their time” inventions (Undersea cables, Antikythera mechanism, electric cars)
nps.gov/caco/learn/historyculture/french-trans…
nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84310-w
youtube.com/@clickspring
guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-early-elect…
Patreon bonus: Patent law and whether you can apply without a prototype
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/100
legal.uillinois.edu/services/legal_guidance/in…
uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2109.html
improbable.com/2014/02/21/the-blonsky-centrifu…
[Butt One More Thing]
John Henry Kellog’s vibratory dining chair for bowel movements
museumofquackery.com/devices/k-chair.htm
mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-nutrition-history…

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