There are a couple of things that top '
favorite invention ' lists pretty much everywhere. Air conditioning. Antibiotics. Oxiclean. These, all three of them, are widely considered the gold standard of inventions when it comes to enhancing the quality of human life. Them and maybe the wheel, depending on who you ask.
That said, there are numerous inventions and
cool things out there you've never heard of that help serve as the foundation of our society, helping keep humanity afloat in a time of tumultuous change. These are the machines serving important but obscure purposes you've never heard of.
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Nasa Pistol Grip Tool - A Cordless Power Screwdriver/Drill Used By Spacewalking Astronauts To Fix The Hubble Space Telescope And The International Space Station
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This Titanium Coated Butter Knife With Internal Copper Alloy Heat Tubes. It’s Made To Heat Up When Held In Your Hand, So That It Is Easier To Spread Butter
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A Street Sign Cleaning Vehicle, Complete With Soap, Water, A Brush And Some Kind Of Reflective Wax (Or Something?). First Time Seeing One In Germany
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A Seatbelts Attachment For Pregnant Women
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New Type Of Parking Enforcement On My Campus Replacing The Boot, Appropriately Named “The Barnacle”
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To Test Large Crane Capacity We Use Giant Water Bags... Aka The Balls Of Judgment
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In Case You Have Never Seen, These Baffle Balls Are Used Inside Water Trucks To Stop The Water From Sloshing Side To Side While Driving
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A Tool Used For Straw Roofing. Dutch Word For It Is 'Drijfbord'
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I Work In A Stem Cell Lab. This Is A Liquid Nitrogen Dry Shipper, Used To Transport Cryopreserved Products Like Stem Cells And Vaccines In -150c
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For Right Handed, Left Eye Dominant Folks
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My Smallest And Largest Hex Keys For Working On Large Injection Molding Presses
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Tool That Allows One Man To Move The Whole Train By Hand
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This Chair For People Who Love To Sit Cross-Legged
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These Specialized Chain Tires That Are Used In The Extreme Heat Of Steel Mills
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Spent Shotgun Shell Lawn Sweeper Picker-Upper
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Surgical Suture Training Pad
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Stenographer, The Machine The Court Reporters Use To Type Everything That Is Said There
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A Norwegian Shoe Drying Machine
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Insulated Cryo Glove For Handling Very Cold Items (E.g. Liquid Helium). Like An Oven Mitt’s Cold Cousin
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Refueling Helicopter In Mid-Air
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Snow Clearing Machine For Trucks!
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A Lift To Help This Truck Driver Get In Cab
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I'm A Dog Groomer. These Guys Are Chunkers Meant To Specifically "Chunk" Out The Thick Hair
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A Dental Saw Used To Shape Porcelain Crowns
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When A Guy Walks Into Your Office With This Thing Asking To Take A Reading. It's Called A Velometer, And Measures The Speed Of Air In A Given Area. He Kindly Allowed Me To Take A Photo
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You Saw My Largest And Smallest Hex Keys. These Are My Largest And Smallest Adjustable Wrenches!
