Weird Inventions : The Isolator
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
February 3, 2021 12:04pm CST
Now here's something to give you nightmares.
The isolator helmet was invented in 1925 and was made to block out all distractions. Noise? That wasn't an issue with this helmet. Nor was keeping your eyes on the task at hand. The field of vision for this helmet allowed for its wearer to only focus on the paper in front of them.
I think I'd have a panic attack in one of these!
This device required an oxygen tank connected to a tube that fed into the helmet. It looks like something a deep sea diver might have used in ye olde times of yonder....
Weird, huh?
Here's an article describing more about the man himself and the device :
Photo courtesy of : Moco-Choco.com
Hugo Gernsback (August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967), was a Luxembourgish-American inventor, writer, editor, engineer, designer, businessman, and magazine
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
At least some were. It's a novel idea.
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@kaylachan (84784)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Feb 21
Yeah, I agree. I think I'd lose my mind wearing something like that. My life revolves around sound.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
I think I could handle noise cancelling headphones but not this. I like to have a little background noise but it has to be hush and indecipherable.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Feb 21
I would run as well. It almost makes me think of the plague doctor in a way. They wore a cone shaped thing on their heads though.
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@Namelesss (3364)
• United States
3 Feb 21
Guess this was an early cousin of the modern deprivation tanks people use today. But that thing looks horrendous.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
Ah, it could be a cousin of the deprivation tanks. I thought about the noise cancelling headphones myself, but that wouldn't solve the issue of wandering eyes. I bet that thing was heavy.
@Namelesss (3364)
• United States
3 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yeah, it look suffocating but then so do those water deprivation tanks. And people buy those things to use at home. The boys have the noise cancelling headphones and love them.
Me, I want to be able to hear what's happening around me.
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@Namelesss (3364)
• United States
3 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum That's what they do and say they work great! I haven't tried them.
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@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
4 Feb 21
It definitely looks as if the gentleman is ready to dive into the sea. Good post.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Feb 21
I hope he would change into a bathing suit and out of that suit.
but your reply reminds me of something else that I might post about as my weird invention for today.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
3 Feb 21
Might be useful for some things, but yes that sounds like a panic attack waiting to happen!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
I doubt it was comfortable to wear at all. But they wouldn't have me in it for more than a second before I was ripping it off.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 21
@MommyOfEli2013 Yeah. I mean I hated MRI machines when I was a kid and those were large. I still felt like I was never going to be able to come out though.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
3 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Does not seem very comfortable at all! I don't think I would even let them put it on me lol
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