Weird things scientists can do

I attended a biotechnology course in FOS last year, and it is a pretty interesting course in which they encourage scientists to patent their own innovations and become a budding enterpreneur. Not that I want to say scientists and enterpreneurs are totally opposite polarities. But take a look at what some scientists can think of before you judge:



Innovation One: Here it comes!
Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal Force
Patent no.3,216,423
Issued: November 9, 1965
Inventors: George and Charlotte Blonsky, New York, NY





A centrifugal delivery table. The expectant mother is strapped down to the table, which is then spun to use centrifugal force to encourage the baby to emerge.
Where does the obstetrician sit? And what does he use to get the baby - a catcher's mitt? Talk about pre-natal influence...


Innovation Two: Forehead support apparatus

Patent No. 6,681,419
Issued: January 27, 2004
Inventor: Page; Eric D. (3612 Bali Dr., Sarasota, FL 34232)







A forehead support apparatus for resting a standing users forehead against a wall above a bathroom commode or urinal or beneath a showerhead.
The apparatus includes a mounting member adapted for attachment to an upright bathroom wall either above the commode or urinal or below the showerhead. A compressible head support member is attached to and extends from the wall and said mounting member. The head support defines an elastically deformable or resilient forehead support surface which is spaced above the floor and from the wall a distance sufficient for the user to lean his forehead thereagainst and be supported while using the commode or urinal.

HUH??!! For what?!