The invention of the self-taught engineer Yakov Ivanovich. Inventors from the people: thoroughbred worms and a vacuum cleaner. Submarine for catching sea cucumbers

Each country has its own great inventors - Archimedes in Ancient Greece, Alexander Popov in Russia, Thomas Edison in the USA... China also has its own not yet fully recognized inventors, and today we will talk about them. Of course, their inventions are not comparable to, say, a radio or a telephone, but, nevertheless, they are worth a look. If only because all these mechanisms were assembled by Chinese craftsmen at home - in backyards and garages.

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1. It took He Liang ten years to modify this... suitcase, making it a vehicle. It reaches speeds of over 19 km/h and can travel 48-64 km on a single charge.

2. Self-taught inventor Tao Xiangli built this remote-controlled robot from scrap metal and electrical wires he bought secondhand, spending a total of $49,037. However, Tao ran into a problem when he realized that the robot was too big to leave his room.

3. This homemade motorcycle with a height of 2.38 m cost its creator Abulajon $1,300. It weighs 2702 kg and can reach speeds of 40 km/h.

4. It took a Chinese peasant five months to create this submarine. The submarine successfully sank to a depth of 9 meters in a lake near his home in Danjiangkou, Hubei province.

5. This makeshift tractor is equipped with 12 rotating brushes, which its creator uses to sweep the streets in Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province.

6. Liu Wanyun created this makeshift bicycle that floats thanks to plastic pipes.

7. This farmer, also a retired Chinese military man, spent $6,450 to create this tank replica.

8. Liu Fulong independently built a wooden electric car. The car can accelerate to 32 km/h, which is quite a high speed for a homemade vehicle.

9. Zhang Wuyi with his invention - a new submarine for catching sea cucumbers (holothurians).

10. Chinese inventor Yang Zongfu rejoices at the successful testing of his spherical container weighing 5443 kg, which he called Noah's Ark. The vessel was created to protect the people inside from fire, water and other external influences.

11. This wheel was created by the inventor Li Yongli. He called it "the number one vehicle in the world."

12. Zhang Xuelin inside his homemade plane.

13. 55-year-old blacksmith Tian Shenying (right) adjusts the blade of his homemade helicopter.

14. Sun Jifa moves stone during the construction of his new house. Chinese farmer Sun, who partially lost both arms in a fishing accident 32 years ago, has been unable to afford prosthetics all this time. He spent two years having his nephews, under his direction, create prosthetics for him out of scrap metal, plastic and rubber.

15. 49-year-old mechanic Wu puts together parts of his new robot in the workshop.

16. 63-year-old inventor Han Yuzi holds one of his creations - a comb that also serves as a musical instrument.

17. Li Jingchun (above) - a 58-year-old farmer - and his homemade airplane on the roof of his house.

18. 49-year-old Zhang Yali tests a huge bicycle created by him and his friends.

19. Farmer Shu Mansheng hovered above the ground in his homemade flying device while testing it in his yard.

20. Auto mechanic Ding Shilu tests his homemade aircraft on a frozen pond.

21. Lei Zhiqian is riding... or rather, floating on a bicycle.

22. Gao Hanjie installs the blades on his homemade helicopter.

23. A worker polishes the surface of an unfinished miniature submarine in the workshop of a local artisan inventor.

It is believed that education for singers, musicians, and artists plays an important role, however, there are exceptions. Oddly enough, the most popular and charismatic personalities who achieved recognition in world culture and won people's love were self-taught. The biography of these nuggets proves that if you are destined to become great, you will become it. The main thing is to believe in yourself and listen to what your heart tells you.

Ella Fitzgerald

The queen of jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, whose singing is still considered a standard by vocalists around the world, was in fact... self-taught.

The girl lived in a poor family and did not study music, although she loved to sing. At first, she adopted her vocal style from her favorite vocalist Connie Boswell, a record of whose recordings her mother once brought into the house. Later, she began to imitate other singers, until she eventually formed her own vocal style. However, in addition to singing, young Fitzgerald was interested in cinema, dancing, sports...

After the death of her beloved mother, 14-year-old Ella was completely out of control. She abandoned her studies and even worked for some time as a caretaker in a brothel, and sometimes even became a wanderer. An incident changed everything. Ella decided to take part in the talent competition of the Apollo Theater in Harlem, in which the organizers promised $25 for winning, and unexpectedly won. By the way, at first she was going to participate as a dancer, but at the last moment she changed her mind and performed a vocal number. It was after this triumph that the young, original girl received attention in the music world.

Having not received professional vocal education, the great Fitzgerald always sang perfectly: her sound was velvety, mesmerizing and pure. They say she didn’t even have to sing before the performance.

Paul Gauguin

The great Paul Gauguin became interested in painting only in adulthood, when he worked as a broker on the stock exchange. Earning decent money, he began buying paintings by famous artists and became so interested in the process that he decided to try painting himself. Gauguin began communicating with Parisian artists, studying their techniques, which was his main school.

Having embarked on a creative search, Paul drew inspiration from distant lands - for example, Tahiti. Unfortunately, the change of profession had a negative impact on the financial situation of the family, and he separated from his wife.

The last years of his life were not easy for the artist, he even tried to take his own life, but world fame still came to him. True, after death.

Isadora Duncan

Duncan is perhaps the most famous and charismatic dancer of the last century. From a young age, a girl from a poor family loved to dance, and she did it not guided by any generally accepted rules, but the way she felt. She tried to teach other children her strange dances.

At the age of 10, Isadora dropped out of school, devoting all her time only to music and dancing, and began performing in public. At 18, she moved to Chicago, where she continued to bring her distinctive art to the masses.

The young performer of “exotic” dances began to be invited to clubs more and more often. Gradually she developed her own dance school, became a world celebrity and an innovator in choreography, acquiring millions of fans and followers.

Jim carrey

The parents of the future Hollywood star could not give their son a decent education: the family lived very poorly. Having somehow completed his studies, Jim worked at a steel mill and, as he later admitted in an interview, if he had not become an actor, he would still be working there.

However, the young man was lucky. Since childhood, he loved to make faces and parody everyone. And although at first his talent as a comedian was not recognized (at the age of 11 he sent 80 of his parodies to a famous show, but received no response), but then he became a real star. He took his first steps to fame in one of the comedy clubs in Toronto and over time became the star of this establishment. A few years later he moved to Los Angeles, where, after many ups and downs, he still managed to attract attention and eventually become one of the most famous actors.

Maurice Utrillo

The mother of the great French landscape painter Maurice Utrillo worked as a model in art salons. Her advice became the main “school” for young Maurice. He also often went to Montmartre to watch artists at work and even became friends with some of them.

When Utrillo himself began to paint, his first works were not appreciated in artistic circles, being considered unprofessional, but ordinary people liked them. Utrillo became a world celebrity when he was already approaching forty: his landscapes were recognized as masterpieces of post-impressionism and primitivism.

The government even awarded Utrillo the Order of the Legion of Honor for his contribution to the development of French culture.

Jimi Hendrix

Composer, singer, musician Jimi Hendrix, who more than once made it to the top of the ratings of the world's greatest guitarists, was also self-taught. He bought his first guitar at the age of 16 and became so interested in it that he even dropped out of school. He learned the art of playing by listening to recordings of famous musicians. It is interesting that, being left-handed, Jimmy held the guitar backwards, but his father demanded that he play with his right hand, like everyone else, believing that left-handedness was associated with evil spirits. To prevent his parent from taking the guitar away from him, the young man played with his right hand in front of him, and when he was alone, with his left.

Self-education was not in vain: Hendrix became a virtuoso and legend of world rock. It is believed that he opened up new possibilities for the electric guitar, and many musicians learned to play “according to Hendrix.”

Tatyana Peltzer

There are also great self-taught people in our country. For example, few people know that one of the most beloved and charismatic Soviet actresses, Tatyana Peltzer, did not have a theater education. However, this did not stop her from becoming a People's Artist of the Soviet Union and a Stalin Prize laureate.

Tatyana Peltzer's father was an actor and director. The girl mastered the acting profession on her own, watching her dad’s work, and performed her first roles in his productions.

Lack of education initially hampered her career: in her youth, Peltzer changed many theaters and received not very significant roles. However, she did find real fame and recognition - in later life, Peltzer became one of the brightest stars of Soviet cinema.

By the way, the Russian self-taught artist Pavel Fedotov, known for his masterpieces, created a real sensation in the 19th century and even

It would be interesting to know how many of my readers there are who wanted to try writing and take up painting seriously, but stopped not because of lack of time or lack of imagination, but because of the widespread stereotype that success in painting can only be achieved after long years of art education?

Many people believe that self-taught artists can only write as a hobby, but they cannot count on success, recognition and wealth.

Communicating with many people, I hear this opinion in a variety of forms. I even know many artists who write passionately and very well, but consider their paintings just fun only because they themselves have not received an art education.

For some reason they believe that An artist is a profession that must certainly be confirmed by a diploma and grades. And while you don’t have a diploma, you can’t become an artist, you can’t paint good pictures, and even if you write a work “for yourself,” then you’re forbidden to even think about selling it or putting it on public display.

Allegedly, paintings by self-taught artists are immediately recognized by experts as unprofessional, and will only cause criticism and ridicule.

I can boldly say that this is all nonsense! Not because I'm the only one who thinks so. But because history knows dozens of successful self-taught artists, whose paintings have taken their rightful place in the history of painting!

Moreover, some of these artists managed to become famous during their lifetime, and their work influenced the entire world of painting. Moreover, among them there are both artists of past centuries and modern self-taught artists.

As an example, I’ll tell you only about some of these autodidacts.

1. Paul Gauguin / Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin

Perhaps one of the greatest self-taught artists. His path into the world of painting began with the fact that he, working as a broker and earning good money, began to acquire paintings by contemporary artists.

This hobby fascinated him, he learned to understand painting well and at some point began to try to paint himself. Art fascinated him so much that he began to devote less and less time to work and more and more time to write.

The painting “Sewing Woman” was painted by Gauguin when he was a stockbroker.

At some point Gauguin decides to devote himself entirely to creativity, leaves his family and goes to France to communicate with like-minded people and work. Here he began to paint truly significant canvases, but this is also where his financial problems began.

Communication with the artistic elite and work together with other artists became his only school.

Finally, Gauguin decides to completely break with civilization and merge with nature in order to create in paradisiacal conditions, as he believed. To do this, he sails to the islands of the Pacific Ocean, first to Tahiti, then to the Marquesas Islands.

Here he becomes disillusioned with the simplicity and wildness of the “tropical paradise”, gradually goes crazy and... paints his best paintings.

Paintings by Paul Gauguin

Alas, recognition came to Gauguin after his death. Three years after his death, in 1906, an exhibition of his paintings was organized in Paris, which were completely sold out and later became part of the most expensive collections in the world. His work “When is the wedding?” included in the ranking of the most expensive paintings in the world.

2. Jack Vettriano (aka Jack Hoggan)

The story of this master is, in a sense, the opposite of the previous one. If Gauguin died in poverty, painting his paintings under the yoke of lack of recognition, then Hoggan managed to earn millions during his lifetime and turn into a patron of the arts only through his paintings.

At the same time, he began writing at the age of 21, when a friend gave him a set of watercolor paints. The new business fascinated him so much that he began to try to copy the works of famous masters in museums. And then he began to paint pictures based on his own subjects.

As a result, at his first exhibition, all the paintings were sold out, and later his work “The Singing Butler” became a sensation in the art world: it was bought for $1.3 million. Hoggan’s paintings are bought by Hollywood stars and Russian oligarchs, although most art critics consider them completely in bad taste .

Painting by Jack Vettriano

Large incomes allow Jack to pay scholarships for low-income gifted students and engage in charity work. And all this - without academic education- At the age of 16, young Hoggan began working as a miner, after which he did not formally study anywhere.

3. Henri Rousseau / Henri Julien Félix Rousseau

One of the most famous representatives of primitivism in painting, Rousseau was born into the family of a plumber, after graduating from school he served in the army, then worked at customs.

At this time he began to paint, and it was precisely the lack of education that allowed him to form his own technique, in which the richness of colors, bright subjects and richness of the canvas are combined with the simplicity and primitiveness of the image itself.

Paintings by Henri Rousseau

Even during the artist’s lifetime, his paintings were highly appreciated by Guillaume Appoliner and Gertrude Stein.

4. Maurice Utrillo / Maurice Utrillo

Another French autodidact artist, without an art education, he managed to become a world-famous celebrity. His mother was a model in art workshops, and she also taught him the basic principles of painting.

Later, all his lessons consisted of observing how the great artists painted in Montmartre. For a long time, his paintings were not recognized by serious critics and he survived only by occasional sales of his works to the general public.

Painting by Maurice Utrillo

But by the age of 30 his work began to be noticed, at the age of forty he became famous, and at 42 receives the Legion of Honor for his contribution to art in France. After that, he created for another 26 years and was not at all worried about the lack of a diploma in art education.

5. Maurice de Vlaminck

A self-taught French artist, all of whose formal education ended at a music school - his parents wanted him to become a cellist. In his teens he began painting, at the age of 17 he began self-education with his friend Henri Rigalon, and at 30 he sold his first paintings.

Painting by Maurice de Vlaminck

Until this time, he managed to support himself and his wife with cello lessons and performances with musical groups in various restaurants. With the advent of fame, he completely devoted himself to painting, and his paintings in the Fauvist style in the future seriously influenced the work of the impressionists of the 20th century.

6. Aimo Katainen /Aimo Katajainen

Finnish contemporary artist, whose works belong to the genre of “naive art”. The paintings contain a lot of ultramarine blue, which in turn is very calming... The subjects of the paintings are calm and peaceful.

Paintings by Aimo Kataäinen

Before becoming an artist, he studied finance, worked in a clinic for the rehabilitation of alcoholics, but all this time he painted as a hobby until his paintings began to sell and bring in a good income sufficient to live on.

7. Ivan Generalić / Ivan Generalić

Croatian primitivist artist who made his name with paintings of rural life. He became famous by accident when one of the students at the Zagreb Academy noticed his paintings and invited him to hold an exhibition.

Painting by Ivan Generalich

After his solo exhibitions took place in Sofia, Paris, Baden-Baden, Sao Paulo and Brussels, he became one of the most famous Croatian representatives of primitivism.

8. Anna Moses / Anna Mary Robertson Moses(aka Grandma Moses)

Famous American artist who began painting at age 67 after the death of her husband, already suffering from arthritis. She had no artistic education, but her painting was accidentally noticed by a New York collector in the window of her house.

Painting by Anna Moses

He suggested holding an exhibition of her works. Grandma Moses' paintings quickly became so popular that her exhibitions were held in many European countries and then in Japan. At the age of 89, Grandmother received an award from US President Harry Truman. It is noteworthy that the artist lived for 101 years!

9. Ekaterina Medvedeva

The most famous representative of modern naive art in Russia, Ekaterina Medvedeva did not receive an art education, but began writing when she worked part-time at the post office. Today she is included in the ranking of the 10,000 best artists in the world since the 18th century.

Painting by Ekaterina Medvedeva

10. Kieron Williams / Kieron Williamson

English prodigy autodidact, who began painting in the impressionist style at age 5, and at 8 he put his paintings up for auction for the first time. At the age of 13, he sold 33 of his paintings at auction for $235 thousand in half an hour, and today (he is already 18) he is a dollar millionaire.

Paintings by Kieron Williams

Kieron paints 6 paintings a week, and there is always a queue for his work. He simply does not have time for education.

11. Paul Ledent / Pol Ledent

Belgian artist is self-taught and creative. I became interested in fine arts around the age of 40. Judging by the pictures, he experiments a lot. I studied painting on my own...and immediately applied the knowledge in practice.

Although Paul took a few painting lessons, he learned most of his hobby on his own. Participated in exhibitions, painted paintings to order.

Paintings by Paul Ledent

In my experience, creatively thinking people write interestingly and freely, whose heads are not filled with academic artistic knowledge. And by the way, no less than professional artists achieve some success in the art niche. It’s just that such people are not afraid to look at ordinary things a little more broadly.

12. Jorge Maciel / JORGE MACIEL

Brazilian autodidact, modern talented self-taught artist. He produces wonderful flowers and colorful still lifes.

Paintings by Jorge Maciel

This list of self-taught artists can be continued for a very long time. It can be said that Van Gogh, one of the world's most influential artists, did not receive formal education, studied sporadically with various masters and never learned to paint the human figure (which, by the way, shaped his style).

You can recall Philip Malyavin, Niko Pirosmani, Bill Traylor and many other names: many famous artists were self-taught, that is, they studied on their own!

All of them are confirmation of the fact that it is not necessary to have a special art education to succeed in painting.

Yes, it’s easier with him, but you can become a good artist without him. After all, no one has canceled self-education... Just like without talent - we have already talked about this... The main thing is to have a burning desire to learn on your own and discover all the bright facets of painting in practice.

The Cherepanovs' steam locomotive, Blinov's tractor, Nartov's machine tool, Kulibin's water boat and other fruits of inquisitive minds

Russia has always had no shortage of talented scientists and engineers who have moved and continue to move science forward and invent fundamentally new machines and instruments. There are special people in this circle—nugget inventors or, in other words, self-taught people. Without receiving regular education, they nevertheless managed to work on par with certified specialists, achieving the highest results. Of course, in the process of work, these people engaged in self-education, mastering the content of both educational literature and fundamental scientific works in their free hours.

Andrey Konstantinovich Nartov (1693 – 1756)

Self-taught inventor originally from Moscow. At the age of 17 he began working as a turner at the School of Mathematical and Navigational Sciences. And in three years, thanks to his ingenuity, inquisitive mind and diligence, he managed to achieve such authority that Emperor Peter I learned about Nartov’s talents. As a result, Andrei Konstantinovich was transferred to the court workshops for metal work.

From this moment his inventive activity began, which contributed to his ascent up the social ladder. Having become the emperor's favorite, Nartov was sent to Europe for a year to improve his skills and study “mechanical science.” Upon his return, he was appointed head of the lathe. And he began to invent new methods of metal processing.

His main invention was the world's first screw-cutting lathe with a support and a set of replaceable gears for changing gears. Alas, after the death of Peter I, the machine, like Nartov himself, was forgotten for many years. The machine that the Russian nugget invented was remembered only at the end of the 19th century, after accidentally discovering its drawings and description in the state archive.

In the photo: a ceremonial copying and medal lathe, made by order of Emperor Peter 1 A.K. Nartov in 1718-21 to make the Triumphal Pillar for the glory of Russia / Photo: Valentin Kuzmin / TASS

Retired from business, Andrei Konstantinovich began compiling an encyclopedia of metalworking and machine tool building, which he called “Theatrum machinarium, or a clear spectacle of machinations.” In it, he described in detail 34 original lathes, copy-turning, and screw-cutting lathes. Nartov completed this fundamental work shortly before his death. Nartov's son handed over the manuscript to the office of Catherine II. This invaluable work spent many years gathering dust unclaimed in the court library.

Ivan Petrovich Kulibin (1735 – 1818)

He was born into a merchant family, but did not receive a regular education. At the age of 32, he made a uniquely complex watch built into an egg-shaped case. This intricate apparatus housed a clockwork mechanism, a jukebox set to several tunes, and a mechanical theater with retractable figures.

The fame of the miracle watch spread from Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg, and the mechanic was called to the capital, where he immediately began to manage the mechanical workshops at the Academy of Sciences. He held this post for more than thirty years.

Kulibin developed several unique projects, of which only a small part was implemented. He proposed building a 300-meter single-span arch bridge with wooden trusses across the Neva. The 30-meter model passed the tests, but the project was not completed due to budget cuts. The spotlight, in which only one candle provided a powerful sheaf of light, was implemented in a miniature version for the amusement of the aristocracy. Kulibin is the author of a “navigable type” vessel, which moves against the current without any engine - wheels with blades are driven by the river current. The water conveyor was supposed to replace the labor of barge haulers, but the government considered this inappropriate.

The prosthetic leg proposed by Kulibin was approved by the Academy of Sciences. Ivan Petrovich created many useful devices for the Academy. However, what was valued at court, above all, were his mechanical dolls, music boxes, fireworks and other glamor.

Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov (1728 – 1766)

Born in Yekaterinburg into the family of a soldier. Until the age of 15, he studied at a school at a metallurgical plant, after which he was apprenticed as the chief mechanic of Ural factories. Since 1747, Polzunov, rapidly rising in the ranks, solved a wide range of problems at Ural factories - from setting up a sawmill driven by a water wheel to modernizing steel production. At the same time, he is constantly engaged in self-education, spending all his free time in factory libraries.

As a result, in 1763 Polzunov created a steam engine with a power of 1.8 hp, which began to be used in production. It is widely believed that Polzunov was a pioneer in this matter. However, this is not entirely true. Various projects of “atmospheric machines” began to emerge in the 17th century. The first working model of a steam engine was made and patented in 1689 by the English engineer Thomas Severi. Polzunov made the world's first two-cylinder car, the pistons of which worked on one shaft. And only 20 years later, the Englishman James Watt proposed a number of design solutions to increase the efficiency of the machine.

And in 1966, Ivan Ivanovich created a car with a record power of 32 hp. The year of triumph was Polzunov's last - he died suddenly of consumption at the age of 38.

Efim Alekseevich (1774 – 1842) and Miron Efimovich (1803 – 1849) Cherepanovs

Father and son were serfs of the Demidov breeders. Since 1822, his father, who excelled in mechanical engineering, served as the chief mechanic of Nizhny Tagil factories. The son, who followed in his father’s footsteps, was his deputy and colleague in the field of designing all sorts of useful machines. During their career, they built more than 20 steam engines, the power of which ranged from 2 hp. up to 60 hp

The Cherepanovs made several trips to Sweden and England to study railway traffic. Based on the experience gained, as well as natural ingenuity, in 1834 they built a steam locomotive, which, due to the low power of the steam engine, turned out to be experimental. A year later, a steam locomotive appeared that was quite capable of transporting ore trolleys. A cast-iron road 854 meters long was built for it from the mine to the iron smelter.

In the photo: Cherepanovs' locomotive/ Photo: Oleg Buldakov/ TASS

For their enormous contribution to the mechanization of production processes, they immediately received their freedom.

However, their experience was not used at other Russian enterprises. And after some time, the Nizhny Tagil plant also abandoned steam traction. This happened not because the locomotive was bad, but because of the lack of infrastructure necessary for the normal operation of the railway. For the steam engine to operate efficiently, it was necessary to establish coal mining. But firewood was used instead. Firstly, a lot of effort was spent on harvesting them; large forest areas had to be cut down. Secondly, wood is a less efficient fuel than coal.

Fyodor Abramovich Blinov (1831 – 1902)

From serf peasants. Born in the Saratov province. After the abolition of serfdom, having received his freedom, he made a long and painful progress toward design work. At first he was a barge hauler. Then he joined the ship as a fireman. He rose to the rank of assistant driver, and after a while became a driver.

Having saved up money, Blinov returned to his native village in 1877, intending to have his say in the transport business. His first invention, patented in 1879, was “a carriage of a special arrangement with endless rails for the carriage of goods on highways and country roads.” The role of endless rails was played by caterpillar tracks, increasing the cross-country ability of the car. The first carriage was horse-drawn.

In 1888, the inventor demonstrated a new carriage (essentially a tractor), which was driven by a steam engine. Its speed was 3.5 km/h, and its cross-country ability and carrying capacity delighted specialists in the field of mechanical engineering.

Blinov immediately became famous. His tractor was demonstrated with great success at major industrial exhibitions. And the inventor went into pure business. Having opened a factory for the production of fire pumps in his native village, Blinov soon became a very wealthy man. Blinov’s business was continued by his student Yakov Vasilyevich Mamin (1875 - 1955), who in 1910 created a tractor with a diesel engine running on oil. Vladimir Tuchkov In Russia it is always not there was a shortage of talented scientists and engineers who moved and continue to move science forward and invent fundamentally new machines and devices. There are special people in this circle—nugget inventors or, in other words, self-taught people. Without receiving regular education, they nevertheless managed to work on par with certified specialists, achieving the highest results. Of course, in the process of work, these people engaged in self-education, mastering the content of both educational literature and fundamental scientific works in their free hours.

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A floating bicycle, a scooter suitcase, a musical comb - these amazing things are the passion of Chinese inventors. It seems that for these people it becomes the meaning of life to combine incompatible things. These bright, innovative and slightly strange inventions are the fruit of the creativity of enthusiastic inventors that resonate not only with their creators. However, who knows where the inventions of their creators will lead. Time will show. Many of them are very interesting specimens.

Scooter suitcase

Inventor He Liang spent ten years perfecting this self-propelled suitcase, which can reach speeds of 20 kilometers per hour. On one charge, such a scooter can travel about 50 kilometers.

Home humanoid robot

Self-taught inventor Tao Xiangli built this remote-controlled robot from scrap metal and wires from old computers. He realized that the robot would now live with him when he realized that it was too big to fit through the doorway.

Tractor-motorcycle

This monster cost its creator about $1,300, an old tractor and countless scraps from junkyards.

Homemade submarine

A Chinese farmer spent about five months building the vessel, which was recently successfully tested in a lake in Hubei province.

Motorized broom

This makeshift tractor has 12 brooms and is used to clean up Heilongjiang province.

water bike

Inventor Liu Wanyong created this pedal boat, which is kept afloat by plastic pipes and driven by a plug-in propeller.

Personal tank

A farmer and former Chinese Navy soldier spent $6,450 to create this homemade tank replica that can travel over rough terrain.

Electric car made of wood

Chinese self-taught inventor Liu Fulong built this electronic car from wood. The car can reach speeds of up to 30 kilometers per hour, which is quite fast for a home experiment.

Submarine for catching sea cucumbers

Zhang Wuyi squats under the suction pipe of his submarine. He uses it to catch sea cucumbers and sell them at a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

Rescue balloon

Chinese inventor Yang Zeng Fu takes part in testing his brainchild - a six-ton ​​ball, the main task of which is to protect the people inside from any kind of influence. The project received the proud name “Noah’s Ark”.

Autounicycle

The vehicle was developed by Chinese inventor Li Yongli, who is betting big on his invention and plans to sell the unicycle around the world.

Airplane-motorcycle

Zhang Hueling assembled his homemade airplane based on a moped. The first test flight ended in failure, but the inventor does not lose hope of seeing the world from a bird's eye view.

Personal helicopter

A 55-year-old blacksmith from Liaoning province assembled his own helicopter using a motorcycle engine and fiberglass panels. The creator claims that the helicopter is capable of flying successfully, but no one except the inventor himself has observed it in action.

Prosthetics from scrap metal

A Chinese farmer lost both his arms while fishing with dynamite. For two years, with the help of his nephews, he assembled prosthetics from scrap metal, plastic and rubber.

Musical comb

A comb on which you can play a melody became one of the main inventions of Han Yuji, a Chinese inventor famous for his fertility.