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By: Storie di temporanea emigrazione

Questa sì che è un’idea intelligente!… Vi rimando a uno spettacolare post che ho trovato in un blog e riportante una furbissima invenzione del 1938. Traduzione alla carlona del trafiletto di...

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By: Magnumi

I’ve actualyl seen an old documentary video of this alarm system at work. It was developed because of too many false alarms going off. Particularly children used to play around with there “fire boxes”...

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By: The Eye / Diigo At The Eye 12/01/2006

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By: Grandes inventos « strambinha strambloga

[...] Ao lado o recorte de um artigo publicado na revista Modern Mechanix em 1938. [...]

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By: CuteBanana’s Blog » Fire Box Traps Pranksters (Feb, 1938)

[...] obviously not much thinking went into its design. see it here. [...]

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By: Safety Ed

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By: Roger Knights

@ #7: “Note that the bottom plate comes off completely and isn’t attached by cable or chain ….” This gadget might be a useful determent behind the cover-flap of a car’s gas compartment, to deter...

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By: NikFromNYC

Ah, it was likely just a chop reporting job. It’s just an iron hand-cuff that “marks” the wrist with a physical object, which the cops then remove later, and little kids have a lot of explaining to do...

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By: Brilliant! « Ramblings of a 21st Century Digital Boy

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By: Failed Invention of the Week

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By: Ingenious fire alarm, traps the person in the fire. « Movies

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By: Ingenious fire alarm, traps the person in the fire. « Corylines45’s Weblog

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By: Ingenious fire alarm, traps the person in the fire. « Food Weblog

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By: huh

This is a pretty good idea. I remember in high school we would have at least 4 false fire alarms a month. This doesn’t trap whoever pulled it to once spot, it just attaches a heavy metal wristband on...

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By: Jumbalaya

So you put your hand in during a fire and you burn to death waiting for the police or fire departments to save you…. No thanks… Let it burn…

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By: Top 10 Lists » The Top 10 Worst Inventions in History

[...] 1. The Detachable Dog Sack 2. The Cat Wig 3. iPhone Fingers 4. The Pedal-Powered Wheelchair 5. The Inflatable Dartboard 6. iFlyz Portable Media Player Airline Holder 7. Battery-Powered Battery...

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By: jayessell

Fire Alarm Trap unintended consequences: http://www.pbfcomics…

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By: b

ok, you will not die, attached to a wall, and burned alive. the bracelet device attaches to your arm, then you walk out of the building with everyone else.

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By: meneame.net

Dispositivo para evitar ‘falsas alarmas’ de incendio (1938)… Aparato diseñado para evitar que alguien pulse la alarma de incendios sin haberse producido incendio alguno. El dispositivo evita que se...

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By: Fire Box Trap « Things That Should Not Exist

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