posted by
janrinok
on Wednesday November 05 2014, @05:55PM
from the too-much-time-on-their-hands? dept.
from the too-much-time-on-their-hands? dept.
Business Insider recently posted a slideshow on DIY Chinese Inventions (warning - single page with all the images). Alternative link.
There's a collection of sometimes neat and occasionally odd inventions, including a suitcase scooter, submarines, scrap metal robots and giant motorcycles amongst others.
The BI article is thin on details, and covers a the same inventions as this earlier Metro piece.
While one can recognise the desire to build things 'because you can', I've got to question why some of these projects were ever started in the first place. Still, it is amazing what can be done with a little ingenuity and a lot of effort.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by VLM on Wednesday November 05 2014, @06:17PM
They should put dates on, some of those I've been seeing for 10 years, some are new.
It's pretty much the China version of "Monster Garage"
People who think this stuff is unusually weird have clearly never been to a USA maker fair or SCA event or a model engineering expo or a model train expo or a ham radio fest or ...
I went to maker fair this summer and saw a lifesize MouseTrap game, a 20 foot catapult, more homemade electric cars than I could count, some rather peculiar art vehicles, a home made jet powered monster truck (non-propulsive, the jet runs but only to make noise), I cannot count how many home made R2D2s (and holy F do those guys have stereotypical "internet interpersonal drama" problems) ... all one place on one day.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Blackmoore on Wednesday November 05 2014, @06:32PM
None of these are "Inventions". Not one is unique or new (as in never conceived before)
Nifty. YES. newsworthy - sure. but not inventions.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 05 2014, @06:46PM
The infinite pedantry machine is pretty cool.
(Score: 2) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday November 05 2014, @06:43PM
The alternative link is the same as the regular link.
However "warning - single page with all the images"? All of my yes. I did not think any site actually did this anymore rather than splitting it up across 100 pages to get more ad hits. THANK YOU
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by spxero on Wednesday November 05 2014, @07:14PM
I'm in agreement- it shouldn't say "warning", it should say "Congratulations!" or "Bonus!"
(Score: 2) by bugamn on Thursday November 06 2014, @12:54AM
It still needs a warning if it's a big site because some connections will suffer with many images at the same time.
(Score: 3, Funny) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday November 05 2014, @06:48PM
There are some fantastic inventions here.
Though I am somewhat concerned that the result will be quite a few new entries on this [wikipedia.org] list.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 3, Funny) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Wednesday November 05 2014, @06:49PM
I'd like gas-shocks under the seat, tho'.
The radius must be like a lever, and tiny bumps would pummel your arse into hamburger steak.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 1) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday November 05 2014, @09:35PM
I saw a motorized version very similar at a car show last year. It did go, and the maker said it would "do the ton", but there's no way you'd get me on one at that speed.
(Score: 2) by lubricus on Wednesday November 05 2014, @10:36PM
Did anyone actually look through the pictures? The only legitimate invention was the comb that doubles as a musical instrument (which was pretty cool). There were a bunch of home-brew subs, ultralights, and bicycles, but almost half of them were just art projects. The "robots" were just lighted statues, and how many empty husk "airplanes" can there be. The "helicopters" mostly had what looked like wooden, hand carved rotors.
News worthy, seriously?
... sorry about the typos