Points For Tryin'

pointsfortryin

A part-comedy, part-educational podcast where we look back on the wonderful and weird world of failed inventions.

  1. 08/06/2024

    Ep. 17 - Gyroscopic Monorails and Self-Balancing Cars

    You know what they say: two rails are better than one.  But is that actually true?  Today, we take a spin through the world of gyroscopically-stabilized trains. For the video version, go to: https://youtu.be/Uam50UWSvzc If you have comments, thoughts, or suggestions, email us at pointsfortryinchannel@gmail.com Sources: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2021/05/brennans-gyro-monorail.html https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co27065/brennans-gyroscopic-mono-rail-car-model-gyroscopic-mono-railcar https://www.midnight-trains.com/post/on-board-louis-brennans-gyroscopic-monorail https://web.archive.org/web/20221208184234/https://www.monocab-owl.de/das-projekt/ https://hackaday.com/2019/12/05/retrotechtacular-the-gyro-x/ https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/the-future-is-now-so-where-is-my-gyro-car/ https://www.lanemotormuseum.org/collection/cars/item/gyro-x-1967/

    25 min

  2. 04/01/2024

    Ep. 16 - When a Tire Company Tried Making Spaceships: The Goodyear Meteor

    It's known for tires and blimps, but there's an alternate timeline where Goodyear is the go-to company if you want to buy a space station or a rocket plane.  Let us take you through that alternate timeline. For the video version, go to: https://youtu.be/F8NPMr15IQo If you have comments, thoughts, or suggestions, email us at pointsfortryinchannel@gmail.com Sources: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Inflatable_Structures_in_Space/zqQqAAAAMAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=PS0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA124 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/science/space/08space.html

    27 min

  3. 11/14/2022

    Ep. 15 - Frank Tinsley: Futuristic Fever Dreams from the 50’s

    What did the 1950's think the future would be like?  According to illustrator Frank Tinsley, it would be filled with water cannons, space rockets, and giant vegetables.

    26 min

  4. 09/04/2022

    Special Episode: Robert Goddard’s ”The High Speed Bet”

    A companion to Episode 14, a full reading of Robert Goddard's short story "The High Speed Bet". For the video version, go to: https://youtu.be/IrYFJU7aUGM If you have comments, thoughts, or suggestions, email us at pointsfortryinchannel@gmail.com

    15 min

  5. 09/04/2022

    Ep. 14 - Vacuum Trains: The Hyperloop from 1904

    Ep. 14 - Vacuum Trains: The Hyperloop from 1904 Airless tunnels?  Check.  Magnetically-levitated trains?  Check.  Promises of insanely-fast travel?  Also check.  But this isn't Elon Musk's Hyperloop, Alfred Beach and Robert Goddard had him beat by over a hundred years. For the video version, go to: https://youtu.be/zXYJ2XtqOyM If you have comments, thoughts, or suggestions, email us at pointsfortryinchannel@gmail.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit https://untappedcities.com/2020/04/20/nycs-first-subway-a-one-block-pneumatic-tunnel-below-broadway/ https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/beach-pneumatic-transit-the-1870-subway-that-could-have-been https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit https://gizmodo.com/the-scifi-story-robert-h-goddard-published-100-years-a-1494959842 https://web.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/Goddard/goddard-high-speed-train.pdf https://patents.google.com/patent/US2511979A/en

    21 min

  6. 04/09/2022

    Ep. 13 - Getting to Space, No Rockets Required? (SpinLaunch & Space Elevators)

    What if you could get to space, WIHOUT using any rockets?  (Or in the case of SpinLaunch, a much smaller rocket than usual?  That's what we're looking at today. For the video version, go to: https://youtu.be/v9booqvNrTQ If you have comments, thoughts, or suggestions, email us at pointsfortryinchannel@gmail.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaellaine/space-elevator-science-climb-to-the-sky-a-tethered https://www.liftport.com/ https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast07sep_1/ https://space.nss.org/wp-content/uploads/2000-Space-Elevator-NASA-CP210429.pdf https://www.spinlaunch.com/ https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2019164472A1/en https://spacenews.com/spinlaunch-conducts-first-test-of-suborbital-accelerator-at-spaceport-america/

    25 min

  7. 04/01/2022

    History’s Biggest Failed Invention: The Wheel

    Happy April Everyone! For the video version and links to sources go to: https://youtu.be/jbuRTyV9htg If you have comments, thoughts, or suggestions, email us at pointsfortryinchannel@gmail.com

    3 min

  8. 02/16/2022

    Ep. 12 - Bacon From a Toaster and Low-Fat Bacon (Reddi Bacon & Sizzlean)

    This episode is all about the internet's favorite food: BACON!  Lean more about the first attempt at instant-bacon, and turkey bacon's older brother. For the video version and links to sources go to: https://youtu.be/LzOWpgsvdOs If you have comments, thoughts, or suggestions, email us at pointsfortryinchannel@gmail.com

    21 min
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A part-comedy, part-educational podcast where we look back on the wonderful and weird world of failed inventions.

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  • Creator
    pointsfortryin
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    19
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