Technology is supposed to make our lives better and easier. However, sometimes it is really difficult to understand why to waste effort and time to invent something completely useless.

Here are the top 10 weirdest inventions of the 20th century that are certainly among the most useless too:

1. Cigarette Sharing Device

It was believed to be the best way to show your love! Can you imagine better proof of tenderness and love than sharing the same cigarette with your beloved one?

2. Cigarette Pack Smoker

Once smoking was glamorous. With a “Cigarette Pack Smoker”, it was 20 times more charming!

3. Sea Shoes

What if someday you will need to cross a river to get to a meeting and all the bridges will be demolished? In such a case, the “Sea Shoes” will help you!

4. Honegar

Yes, it is vinegar and honey mixed together and is supposed to be a great energizer and cure different health problems…

5. Shower Hood

What if you want to take a shower without spoiling your hairstyle and makeup? With the help of the “Shower Hood”, you definitely can do that!

6. Couple’s Baby Sling

The best device if you hate your baby or any passersby on the street. And if the baby does not stop crying, the “Couple’s Baby Sling” works as a sling! Bye-bye baby…

7. Suspended Baby Cage

Truly innovative if you have a lack of space in your small apartment or you are tired of your baby. The “Suspended Baby Cage” is perfect in both cases…

8. Phone Answering Robot

This is a real mystery: a robot designed to answer the phone. Only that it could not speak! Then what did it do? It was lifting the handset, that’s it! The “Phone Answering Robot” was a true innovation…

9. Flying Platform

The “Flying Platform” was invented for the needs of the U.S. Army. The question is in what cases would the American soldiers use this device?

10. Motorized Surfboard

The “Motorized Surfboard” had its use: if the sea shoes are not of your taste and you still have to cross the same river to get to your meeting, this is the best way!

These were some of the weirdest inventions of the 20th century. No surprise they didn’t make it into our daily lives!


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  1. TRACEY RENE LOWERY

    cool

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