Swedish communications company, Ericsson Telephone, used this giant robot as a billboard in Mexico City in 1933. The robot was one of several temporarily suspended above the streets of Mexico City’s historic center.
Category: Weird Science
Tanning? Therapy? Torture?
War Tank on One Wheel, 1933
Electrotank, 1935
Tumbleweed Rolling Tank, 1936
Flame Tank, 1936
Super War Tanks, 1936
Using Pigeons as Spies
Bennie Railplane, 1930
The Bennie Railplane was a form of rail transport invented by George Bennie (1891–1957), which moved along an overhead rail by way of propellers. Bennie, born at Auldhouse, near Glasgow, Scotland began work on the development of his railplane in 1921. In 1929-1930 he built a prototype on a trial stretch of track over a 130-yard (119-metre) line at Milngavie, off the Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway, with one railplane car to demonstrate the system to potential clients. The car ran along an overhead monorail, stabilized by guide rails below. It moved by propellers powered by on-board motors. It was intended to run above conventional railways, separating faster passenger traffic from slower freight traffic. Bennie believed his railplane cars had the capability of traveling up to 120 mph (193 km/h) and would offer a “fast passenger and mails and perishable goods service”. Slow and heavy goods freight and local passenger services would continue on the traditional rail service below. Each car could carry a maximum of 48 people, although the prototype had seating for fewer. (Wikipedia)
Death Ray Invented, 1934
