Published on: 2026-06-17
Weird Inventions and Technology
Which of these bizarre historical inventions was actually designed to serve as a mobile, wearable version of a television set in the 1960s?
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Hugo Gernsback, the genius who basically invented the term science fiction, created the Teleyeglasses in 1963. These clunky, heavy goggles looked like a prop from a low budget sci-fi film but were a real attempt to bring the tube to your face. The Video Hat is purely a product of someone's wild imagination and never actually hit the assembly line. The Holographic Monocle sounds cool in a spy movie, but Bell Labs was busy with actual math and science, not creating wearable monocles for secret agents. Finally, the Projection Cape is just a silly idea, because nobody truly wants a television screen flapping around on their shoulders while trying to walk down the street.