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The machine that drills the small hole in the side of a biro. #aiimage #midjourney #generative-image #aiphoto #historicalmachines #inventionsthatchangedtheworld #objectsthatmatter
Last year this extremely industrial small machine was discovered in the garage of László Bíró. After many months of study it is now believed that the complex apparatus was built by the inventor to facilitate the inclusion of the mysterious hole seen on the side of his celebrated invention.
December 11, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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The machine that perforated toilet paper. #aiimage #midjourney #generative-image #aiphoto #historicalmachines #inventionsthatchangedtheworld #objectsthatmatter
A vintage photograph of a crude machine with a number of knobs, dials, buttons and gauges. The machine's function would be a mystery were in not for the large roll of soft paper located on the top of the machine. Clearly the machine was used to perforate the large paper roll into manageable tear off sheets that we all now take for granted.
December 9, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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The machine that adds the split groove onto medicine tablets. #aiimage #midjourney #generative-image #aiphoto #historicalmachines #inventionsthatchangedtheworld #objectsthatmatter
In 1844 William Brockedon's sister Emily, frustrated with the dose limitation of her brothers compression technology went on to create a machine that carved a groove onto one side of the medicine tablet. At the time the groove which simplified the splitting of the tablet was though of as a marvel. Her original machine, aqua in colour included, of an array of buttons whose function, to this day, remain a mystery. The efficiency of the machine has recently been brought into question as whist there is capacity for a large quantity of tablets, it appears the groove on each tablet must be carved individually.
December 17, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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The original machine that added the plastic ends onto shoe laces. #aiimage #midjourney #generative-image #aiphoto #historicalmachines #inventionsthatchangedtheworld #objectsthatmatter
Six months after her brother, Harvey Kennedy, patented shoe laces, Sarah Kennedy invented this machine that added the cellophane wrap onto each end of shoe laces. That addition was hailed as the greatest time saving invention of its time, greatly reducing the unsuccessful attempts to thread laces through the eyelets in shoes.
April 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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A nano-bot that cleans you teeth whist you sleep. #aiimage #midjourney #generative-image #aiphoto #objectsthatmatter #futureautomation
The media is currently obsessed with the recently invented microscopic robot whose'e sole purpose is to clean it's hosts teeth whilst they sleep. Designed with tiny legs and arms and a relatively large tubular body, it is claimed that the robots single camera like eye can identify 23 different types of mouth based bacteria as well as plaque. It's stated superior ability to eliminate infection and tooth decay would be impressive if not for the surprising fact that it uses a traditional toothbrush.
December 13, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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The first machine designed to add the fabric button onto the top of the baseball cap. #aiimage #midjourney #generative-image #aiphoto #historicalmachines #inventionsthatchangedtheworld #objectsthatmatter
This machine was reluctantly commissioned by Peck & Snyder after the first prototype of their baseball cap was commissioned in 1872. Originally the cap consisted of just the cloth hat and a crown or bill but it was criticised by the first wearers as appearing incomplete. Saul Kilminster came up with the idea of adding a fabric button to the top of the cap. Something that exists to this day.
April 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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The first machine designed to mass produce pom-poms for pom-pom hats. #aiimage #midjourney #generative-image #aiphoto #historicalmachines #inventionsthatchangedtheworld #objectsthatmatter
With the Industrial Revolution allowing advancements in the textile industry, mechanised knitting machines enabled the mass production of pom-pom hat bases. However the pom-pom ball proved a bit trickier. It wasn't until 1930 when Margaret Tassel and her husband Allan solved the problem producing the woollen fuzzy pom-pom in quantity. This photo is the only existing picture of Margaret as she puts the technology through its paces. The number of pom-poms the contraption could produce and their quality was, as you can see, disappointing. So it is hardly surprising that their invention was quickly superseded by a machine built in New Zealand.
January 23, 2026 at 7:15 AM