Some of the best inventions in history have hardly been appreciated. They slowly faded into the past and left nothing but huge regrets.
Over the generations, humanity has done many great things. Because of bad adaptations, greed, or lack of financial support, they have become lost innovations. But this does not mean at all that we do not appreciate all these crazy inventions. We just want to comprehend what the world could become if these discoveries were brought to life.
Check out ten lost inventions that could revolutionize the world.
Starlit insulating material
In 1980, Maurice Ward created a wonderful material called Starlit. He became revolutionary isolation. Several scholars have testified to his incredible ability to withstand immense heat and shock. It has been shown that Starlite is capable of withstanding an explosion from a laser operating at a temperature of 10,000 ° C. It literally became a nuclear explosion.
During a live TV test, Starlite kept the egg intact and still moist after five minutes of soldering therapy. The material would help create safe areas for people during wars, and is also used for many other purposes. Unfortunately, Ward died in 2011 without revealing the secret of the invention to anyone.
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Nazi flying saucer
The alien plates we see in sci-fi movies would be a reality today. The Nazis developed an anti-gravity flying saucer during World War II. These flying saucers were seen during the war years in London, New York and Prague. They have been known to fly at incredible speeds. This Nazi technology was suppressed, making it one of the lost inventions we wish we had.
Sylphium plant
Among the lost inventions that could change the world were the use of a plant that provided birth control.
Sylphium was a plant used by the ancient Romans as an effective contraceptive. It was crushed and injected into the vagina as a spermicidal contraceptive. Sylphium carried health. The plant, as you know, did not pose a threat to the body.
While numerous birth control pills are currently available, many are known to carry some risks to women's health.
Cars that ride on water
Have you ever wondered what it would look like if cars were driven on water? In 1998, Stanley Meyer invented a car that could run on water instead of gasoline. The car was capable of traveling from New York to Los Angeles on 22 gallons of water. This is one of the few revolutionary lost inventions that would make a huge contribution to the environment and economy of our planet.
Despite all the crazy inventions of 2016, water-powered cars would be the greatest invention of the decade. Nonetheless, Meyer died in 2011, making his invention one of the worst failures of the century.
Fire that was used in ancient Rome
In the 7th century, the Eastern Roman emperors invented fire that could burn on water. It was used during naval battles. This type of fire could be removed from a device containing water. Until now, scientists lack an understanding of this phenomenon, as well as a means of countering it. In any case, this is a lost invention that has not yet been disclosed. It would certainly change our world, but perhaps not in the way we would like it to.
Wireless transmission of electricity
Nikola Tesla was a great inventor who would single-handedly change the world. Imagine not having to carry phone chargers or wiring around the house. Electricity would descend in the form of invisible precipitation and power every electrical product in the house.
It was Nikola Tesla's invention of wireless power transmission. In 1901, he began construction on the Wardencliff Tower in Shoreham, Long Island, to fulfill the mission of transmitting electricity to the world. Funding for his failed adaptations fell through and the project was never completed.
Rain production
Few lost inventions are as painful as this device capable of inducing rain at will. The possibilities would be enormous and endless.
Wilhelm Reich invented a pseudoscientific instrument called the cloud. He was able to successfully induce weather changes. The cloud has been captured. Wilhelm was arrested and thrown into prison. It was reported that he died of a heart attack.
Sloot digital coding system
Experts conducted tests to optimize the digital coding system, but this only led to unsuccessful attempts. In the late 1990s, Romke Jan Bernard Slut announced the development of the Sloot digital coding system. This device could reduce the length of a video to a file size of only 8KB. Sloot demonstrated this to Phillips executives by playing sixteen films simultaneously from a 64-bit chip.
This system would turn heavy digital works into toys, which would provide them with a high compression ratio. Sloot died mysteriously on September 11, 1999, the day before the source code was supposed to be handed over.
Ogle carburetor
Among the lost inventions that could change our universe is the Ogle carburetor. Thomas Ogle developed this invention in the 1970s. This know-how would allow a conventional car to run over a hundred miles per gallon of gasoline. Our cars today would have a huge supply of fuel. The carburetor apparently worked by converting the gasoline to steam and injecting it into the fire chambers with increased efficiency. Ogle died in 1981 without presenting his project to the world.
Flexible glass
This invention tops the list of lost know-how that would change the world because it would help create cell phones.
Despite tremendous advances in mobile technology, telephone companies have never been able to create flexible, unbreakable glass. The glass screen breaks when it hits the floor, just like other glass materials.
But sometime in history, during the reign of Emperor Tiberius Caesar, a glassblower brought a glass drinking cup to the ruler's judgment. The emperor was not impressed and threw the glass on the stone floor. Instead of breaking into pieces, the glass bowl simply bent over. The glassblower lifted it up and repaired the damage. Fearing that such flexible glass would affect the value of gold in his empire, Emperor Tiberius ordered the beheading of the master.
As we grieve the loss of these inventions, we must also take the time to recognize these great inventors as creators of what we never had.
Maya Muzashvili