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! SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [This or That] Pacemaker https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3232561/ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/11/from-viagra-to-valium-the-drugs-that-were-discovered-by-accident Snow globe https://www.bbc.com/news/business-25298507 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-an-experiment-to-amplify-light-in-hospital-operating-rooms-led-to-the-accidental-invention-of-the-snow-globe-180985742/ Stethoscope https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1570491/ https://www.thoughtco.com/rene-laenecc-stethoscope-1991647 [The Scientific Definition] Pigeon Vest https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/pigeons-bras-go-war Bat Bomb https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/1090bats/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-almost-perfect-world-war-ii-plot-to-bomb-japan-with-bats https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/old-weird-tech-the-bat-bombs-of-world-war-ii/237267/ Chicken Eyeglasses https://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-chickens-once-wore-glasses-to-stop-them-ki-1700343874 https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1989/11/27/entrepreneur-wants-a-lens-in-every/ https://extension.psu.edu/poultry-cannibalism-prevention-and-treatment https://patents.google.com/patent/US730918 Experiment (patent in category “Boats to ascend rivers”) https://books.google.com/books?id=K1YdAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA120#v=onepage&q&f=false https://liberalarts.tamu.edu/nautarch/nwl/lake-champlain-projects/hoofbeats-over-the-water-ina-research-on-horse-powered-ferryboats/ https://books.google.com/books?id=z0Avt3ruFx0C&pg=PA294#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.uspto.gov/blog/the-search-for-lost-x [Ask the Science Couch] “Ahead of their time” inventions (Undersea cables, Antikythera mechanism, electric cars) https://www.nps.gov/caco/learn/historyculture/french-transatlantic-cable.htm https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84310-w https://www.youtube.com/@clickspring https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-early-electric-cars Patreon bonus: Patent law and whether you can apply without a prototype https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/100 https://www.legal.uillinois.edu/services/legal_guidance/inventions_and_patents https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2109.html https://improbable.com/2014/02/21/the-blonsky-centrifugal-birthing-device-in-dublin/ [Butt One More Thing] John Henry Kellog’s vibratory dining chair for bowel movements https://www.museumofquackery.com/devices/k-chair.htm https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-nutrition-history-quackery/enigmatic-dr-kellogg