A Coffee Maker For Your Car? These Are The Weirdest Inventions From The Past

Otophone, 1912

If you ever wondered what light sounds like, you’d have to head back to 1912. The otophone was invented by Mr. E. E. Fournier d’Albe. It worked via a pair of headphones and a receiver. The receiver turned light into a buzzing or vibrating sound each time the box was pointed toward light.