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#invention — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #invention, aggregated by home.social.

  1. CW: Lewd, wheelchair

    Follow me here; sometimes wheelchair users might have difficulties with their clothing options to show off their assets, but, what if the chair could do more than merely assist with mobility?

    I present to you:

    The Assless Wheelchair. Like assless chaps, but built into the chair.

    I know, incredible innovation. I just need several million dollars to make this invention a totally real reality.

    #asslesschaps #wheelchairlife #invention

  2. 🌈 TIL: Color #tv had to solve one stubborn problem.

    Millions of black-and-white sets were already in American homes, so #RCA had to encode #color signals that rode invisibly inside existing broadcasts and only color receivers could decode. That backward-compatible #breakthrough, coming after John Logie Baird’s fragile 1928 mechanical system, finally made color TV possible.

    👉 openculture.com/2026/09/why-in

    #television #history #science #invention #engineering #physics #optics #RGB #RCA #technology #tech #engineering #media #20thcentury

  3. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🎒🏞️ The Smithsonian traces backpack #design from a two-million-year-old practice to Ötzi’s hazel-and-board frame around 3300 BCE, then follows improvements through a #CivilWar cavalry officer’s patented canvas-and-metal pack, a #Duluth #canoe-hauling design, #aluminum-frame #mountaineering models, and the nylon #JanSport that made the #backpack a school staple. Roughly 450 million are sold annually.

    👉 smithsonianmag.com/innovation/

    #backpack #history #invention #hiking #science #socialstudies #engineering #innovation #industrialdesign #school #outdoors #otzi

  4. Cafe Chill Episode 2024-07: Feverkin & VOLO, Wave damage and more

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    Listen on PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/516614-cafe-chill-episode-2024-07
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    Café Chill is Public Radio’s weekly curated chill mix, produced by KNHC National Productions (C89.5) in Seattle, and heard on noncommercial radio stations across the USA.

    The latest episode of Cafe Chill includes tracks from Feverkin & VOLO, Wave damage and more. Hosted by Seth. Working in the background is me (Richard).

    Playlist:

    • Manatee Commune–Cascade
        Release: Brush
        Label: Record Union
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    • Tenda Senda–Swing a Little
        Release: Swing a Little – Single
        Label: Inner Ocean Records
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    • Six Missing–Barking Outside Go Check
        Release: Collages – EP
        Label: Inner Ocean Records
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    • Gold Falls–KMNK
        Release: KMNK – Single
        Label: Gold Falls
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    • Blackbird Belle–Runnin’ Like Clockwork (Extended Mix)
        Release: Celestial Nighthawk
        Label: Inner Ocean Records
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    • Feverkin & VOLO–Bird of Passage
        Release: Bird of Passage – Single
        Label: Feverkin and VOLO
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    • Yppah–Shot into the Sun
        Release: Sunset in the Deep End
        Label: Future Archive Recordings
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    • RUMTUM–Commit Way
        Release: Isles in Indigo
        Label: MERLIN – Bastard Jazz Recordings
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    • Tycho–Easy
        Release: Simulcast
        Label: Mom+Pop
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    • Wave damage–Reoccurring Dream
        Release: Evil Play – EP
        Label: 4530854 Records DK
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    • Invention & Ben Bada Boom–Scala Naturae (ft. Evil Needle)
        Release: Holism
        Label: Blvnt Records
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    • City Girl–Mist Beneath Your Apartment
        Release: Neon Impasse
        Label: City Girl Records
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    • Arms and Sleepers–Thru & True
        Release: Former Kingdoms
        Label: Achillea Music
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    • A Sol Mechanic–Flight
        Release: Flight – Single
        Label: A Sol Mechanic
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    • Jinx & Nightflyer–Solace (Nightflyer Mix)
        Release: Solace (Nightflyer Mix) – Single
        Label: Nightflyer
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    • TOR–Eleuthera (Catching Flies Remix)
        Release: Oasis Sky (Remixes)
        Label: Youth and Progress Recordings
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    You can also listen at:
    https://www.c895.org/show/cafe-chill/
    https://cafechill.org

    Photo: “Ground Fog”. Credit: Cowpens National Battlefield/National Park Service, public domain.

    Remember, your chill is your superpower.

    #Ambient #ArmsandSleepers #ASolMechanic #BenBadaBoom #BlackbirdBelle #C895 #Chill #CityGirl #DanceMusic #downtempo #EDM #Feverkin #GoldFalls #Invention #Jinx #KNHC #ManateeCommune #Nightflyer #PublicRadio #radio #RUMTUM #seattle #SixMissing #TendaSenda #TOR #Tycho #Volo #Wavedamage #Yppah

  5. The first #tram in #Budapest ran 135 years ago! - Daily News #Hungary

    #Trams are an essential part of Budapest’s landscape and it all started 135 years ago. The first tram was introduced to Budapest in 1887 on the Great #Boulevard (#Nagykörút). It was a fairly new #invention and quite unusual at the time.

    dailynewshungary.com/the-first