The Golden Age Of Invention

October 16, 2010 at 4:59 pm

Really enjoyed this from BusinessInsider – 50 inventions from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. Most of them didn’t make it (like the Brush & Shine tool for bald men) but some are now part of our everyday lives.

Spot a 1949 version of the Segway, early riot police armour, the hula hoop and the first ATM from 1966 (with a live person sitting behind it).

Neck Brush

Five-year-old Tim Gregory wears, under protest, a brush that cleans a child’s neck
without the use of soap and water in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 12, 1950.
The plastic collar brush will dry-clean the youngster’s neck thoroughly as he plays.

The brush was developed by the Los Angeles Brush Corp. at a mother’s suggestion.
(AP Photo/Don Brinn)