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The Bedsitter Man - Drawings of impossible inventions, demonstrations of useless machines and satirical comment. In English and Finnish.
The Sewing Machine: Its Invention and Development - Smithsonian Institution's web publication of a 1976 book on the invention, development and introduction of the sewing machine, by Grace Rogers Cooper.
The History of Gizmology - The story of gizmos and links to strange and unusual inventions.
Patently Absurd - Absurd, weird and wacky patents, mainly from the UK Patent Office. Featuring the useless inventions of Arthur Pedrick and links to serious patent information.
VirtualStapler.com - Online stapler simulation. Requires Flash.
T.J. Monkey's: Badass Cars - A look at some cool, and not-so-cool automobiles.
Enigma Simulator - Fully functional, accurate simulator of the infamous German Enigma encryption machine invented in 1918.
Near Death Experience by Electric Juicer - The story of a horrifying fight with a domestic appliance and the religious epiphany it led to.
FrozenJoe's Hoverboard Movement - Information, photos, and videos of hoverboards.
Hyperhero Special Couch - A fundamental redesign of the standard domestic couch for enhanced relaxation.

Helen Blanchard - Helen Blanchard (1840-1922) was known for her numerous inventions dealing with sewing machines. Blanchard was born into a wealthy Maine ship owner's family.
Functionality doctrine - In United States trademark law, the functionality doctrine prevents manufacturers from protecting specific features of a product by means of trademark law. This separates trademarks from patents — trademarks serve to protect a firm's reputation and goodwill, whereas patents serve to protect processes, machines, and material inventions.
History of computer science - The history of computer science began long before the modern discipline of computer science that emerged in the twentieth century. The progression, from mechanical inventions and mathematical theories towards the modern concepts and machines, formed a major academic field and the basis of a massive world-wide industry.