show&tell
Phone-Answering Robot, 1964
A robot designed by Claus Scholz of Vienna answers the phone, though it cannot speak. Halfway there, Claus.
30 Dumb Inventions - Photo Gallery - LIFE

Phone-Answering Robot, 1964

A robot designed by Claus Scholz of Vienna answers the phone, though it cannot speak. Halfway there, Claus.

30 Dumb Inventions - Photo Gallery - LIFE

Baby Cage, 1937
A nanny supervising a baby suspended in a wire cage attached to the outside of a high tenement block window. The cages were distributed to members of the Chelsea Baby Club in London who have no gardens, or qualms about putting a child in a box dangling over a busy street.
30 Dumb Inventions - Photo Gallery - LIFE

Baby Cage, 1937

A nanny supervising a baby suspended in a wire cage attached to the outside of a high tenement block window. The cages were distributed to members of the Chelsea Baby Club in London who have no gardens, or qualms about putting a child in a box dangling over a busy street.

30 Dumb Inventions - Photo Gallery - LIFE