These are strange inventions we didn't know we needed. In 2021, a prototype making it possible to taste food on television was tested in Japan. In 2024, a life-saving device that helped police during ...

The 1970s were an experimental playground where tech optimism mingled with countercultural quirkiness to yield strange inventions. Some were innovative, some pointless, some disasters. These ...

An AI-powered toilet seat has been named by Time Magazine as one of the top 200 inventions of 2024. It optically scans a user’s stool and urine, to detect any concerning changes that might indicate a ...

An invention to keep from splattering your clothes and hair with broth as you slurp your noodles. Also worthwhile if you want your friends to think you are a flower. Chindogu are Japanese inventions ...

Every day, hundreds of unique inventions designed to solve pressing human problems and make our lives easier, appear. However, not all devices are successful, and some of them cause only bewilderment.

These are strange inventions we didn't know we needed. In 2021, a prototype making it possible to taste food on television was tested in Japan. In 2024, a life-saving device that helped police during ...