The Ridiculous Vs. The Incredibly Useful In A 1940 Issue Of Popular Mechanics

To be fair, personal helicopter wings and glow-in-the-dark hair are nifty ideas...in principle.

Posted on February 06, 2013, 18:07 GMT

Leonora Epstein

1. Ridiculous

2. Useful

3. Ridiculous

4. Useful

5. Ridiculous

6. Useful (for you nostalgic folks still using typewriters)

7. Ridiculous

8. Useful (I mean, if you're in a jam and need to make a table real fast)

9. Ridiculous

10. Useful

11. Ridiculous

12. Useful (how to print photos onto objects at home? Cool!)

13. Ridiculous

14. Useful (but duh)