6 Crazy Inventions/Creations Made by Everyday Chinese People

Hey yo, what is going on everybody? It's Mike. It's Dan. And you're watching Off The Grid Wow. Oh yeah. Now, the civilization in China has stretched over 5,000 years. And over that time, the Chinese people have been credited with inventions that has changed the world. That's right, Mike. From the compass to paper, ancient Chinese inventions have been used across the world for thousands of years. It seems though that the inventor's bug is still biting a lot of Chinese people even today. 210,000 invention patents were given out in China last year, a 25% increase over 2011. Now, these are everyday Chinese people inventing some interesting, sometimes cool, sometimes crazy things. And some of these inventions will make you just go, why? Why would you ever do that? I mean, how much free time do you have? Yeah, I'm sure some of them are like the crazy, wacky Japanese inventions that are useless. If you haven't seen that, check this video out right here. But whatever you think about the inventions, you've got to give these Chinese people credit for actually pulling these things off. Here's a look at some of the craziest things everyday Chinese people have created for themselves. The suitcase scooter. This one's actually pretty cool. Have you heard of the scooter rolling carry-on? Well, this takes it to another level. Ge Liang Cai, a former farmer in China, built a battery-powered suitcase scooter which transports himself and his belongings simultaneously. This is basically an electric scooter and a suitcase transformer style. Imagine getting off the plane and then, you know, just riding your suitcase home. That is ingenious. That would really come in handy in New York. This scooter suitcase can reach speeds of over 12 miles an hour. That's kind of fast on a little scooter. And it can travel 30 to 40 miles in just one charge. I need one. Yeah, like you said, in New York. Dude, that would be the best thing ever. Imagine carrying a suitcase and then all of a sudden there's a traffic jam. You're like, you know what? Ain't no traffic jam stopping me. Buzz, buzz, buzz. You see everything in here, like fold-up tricycles and bicycles. I mean, this would totally work. We should invent that here, patent it and sell it. What do you think? But I'm going to point out a problem. You know how in China a lot of people like to exceed the capacity of some vehicles or bikes? I could totally see Chinese people like using this and attempting to see like three people on this one suitcase. Like two sitting on top and one like inside the suitcase. Yeah, three. Try like five or six as that famous photoshopped or not photoshopped photo of that family on a bike. I still don't know if that's fake or not. Transformer. Tao Xiangli, a self-taught inventor, built this remote-controlled humanoid robot out of scrap metal and electronic wires that he bought from a second-hand market for $49,000. Wait, dollars or yuan? Dollars. Oh my. He did run into a problem though. What, that the Decepticons were already defeated and there's nobody to fight? First of all, you don't know that. The problem was that he built the Transformer inside his home with scrap parts and then realized that, oh, this thing is now too big to fit through my front door. The robot, which he calls the king of innovation, can move its limbs, hands, and head and follow moving objects with its eyes using around 30 sensors dotted all over its body. Okay, so it's basically a giant paperweight that moves a little. Yeah. It can also sing. Sing what? Gangnam Style. Oh, that makes it so much better. Much less annoying than it originally was. None of Tao's family, including his wife and young child back in the countryside, support this project. Big surprise, right? But Tao wants to use this robot to showcase his skills as an inventor and hopefully land a good job. I think he's onto something. Really? Yeah, because, you know, the first thing that you make... Hey, haven't you ever heard of that story about Thomas Edison inventing the lightbulb after like the 3000th try? He's basically on his way to Optimus Prime. Right, okay. But he built a lightbulb that millions of people use every single day. True. How many of us are needing a pet, you know, bumblebee? I'll buy one. Number three, submarine. A Chinese farmer named Tan Yong created his own submarine. Although it failed in its initial dive, that kind of sucks. I hope he wasn't in it. I think he was. Oh, man. Its second attempt was a success and he was able to take the submarine to a depth of 30 feet, which is not bad in a lake. It's not bad. Yeah, okay. Tang, who never even finished high school, said that he has no experience in engineering. Clearly. Although he has previously done some construction work and said he had no other reason for building the submarine than his lifelong dream of seeing the underwater world. Okay, but he wants to see the underwater world, which I get because from all these pictures it looks pretty cool. Right, right, right. But you probably can't see much in a lake in murky water. But listen, you're not going to take your homemade submarine to the Marianas Trench on its first try. Am I right? Okay. Come on. Is he really going to take his submarine out into the ocean somewhere and go down like 30 feet? I'm sure he's going to. Maybe 300. I don't know. Okay, a submarine is pretty cool underwater creation. Now we have a tank. This one I just don't quite understand. Jian Lin, a former Navy officer, has some free time on his hands, obviously. And when his six, six, and I repeat, six-year-old son asked for a tank for his birthday, instead of being a normal dad who went to the toy store and got his kid a tank, Jian decided that, hey, you know what? You know what would be really cool and not dumb at all? I'm just going to build my son a real functioning tank. Because, you know, he's six. You know, he's not old enough to drive or go see a PG-13 movie. But he should have a tank. The tank replica weighs over a ton and has a working cannon that actually fires. It is not authorized yet, surprise, surprise, for use on the road. So he had to be content by just driving it around the field and even gave a demonstration of its firepower when he delighted onlookers by sending a few rounds into the air that he insisted was entirely safe and perfectly appropriate for a child to play with. Gee, Daddy, what does this button do? What town do they live in? It's not there anymore. Yeah, that's what I thought. Yeah, so you know what the kid is probably thinking after he got the tank? What was he thinking? He's probably thinking, I should have asked for a plane. You know what I got when I asked for a tank when I was little? What, a Lego tank? You got Legos? Yeah, I got Legos. You didn't get Legos? I didn't even get Legos. You were ripped. You know what my parents got me? What did they get you? They would take me to this church that gave away free toys to kids. Oh no, you got the free toys for me? And I got to choose from a box of free toys, but I could only take one. All right, you know what's better than a tank and a submarine? A UFO. You know how there are often UFO sightings around the world? Maybe some of those UFOs you see in the future may actually be made in China. A farmer named Xu Mansheng from China designed and built this circular flying device in his home. The machine cost him around $3,100 to create, and it's about 18 feet in diameter. That's better than $50,000. The mainframe is created out of steel from other modes of transportation, and the eight engines are attached to propellers. Impressive. In a test flight, Xu managed to get it off the ground, hovering it for 10 seconds at 11 feet above the ground before landing again. That's pretty good. So moving on, we got the rickshaw pulling robot. Okay, this one is kind of cool. 48-year-old Wu Yulu has achieved worldwide fame after inventing and building 47 robots in his backyard out of scrap metal. They can perform functions as varied as jumping, painting, drinking, massaging, and of course, pulling carts. But here's where the obsession gets kind of creepy. Mr. Yulu has even admitted to loving his robots more than his own sh... He said that? He said that. He calls his rickshaw pulling robot his 32nd son, and he even programmed the robot to declare, You know what's going to happen one day? What's going to happen? These robots are going to rise against their master and then take over the world. I knew it after watching the first Terminator movie, the Chinese are going to be responsible for the robot apocalypse. You're right, bro. And if you guys want to know a little bit more about that, click on the link below where me and Mike talk about the upcoming AI apocalypse. All right, guys. So there you have some of the wackiest inventions made by Chinese, mostly farmers. I don't know why. There are a bunch more we did not cover. Chinese people love to invent things like planes, helicopters, submarines, killer robots. Lots of danger involved here. Sure. I mean, why not just invent something that can't easily kill you like a, you know, automatic back scratcher? I mean, come on. It's so hard to do. Like, I can't scratch my back. I got one. What's yours? Automatic robot. You ready for this? Pimple popper. Oh, my God. Yes. Let me tell you why. How many times have you found yourself in the morning or in the evening trying to squeeze that annoying zit? Right? And you're trying. You're going at it from different angles. You're like, ah, and it hurts. It gets all red. Why would a robot be better? It's different when you do this, if someone does that. So I would love a robot to pop my pimples. I would love it. And sometimes you get pimples on your back. You know, when your robot goes rogue, it's going to pop a pimple. And it's going to pop your head. But we also have to give these people a lot of credit. Many of these people, like we mentioned, they're farmers. They never went to high school. They, you know, they never went to college. Obviously, never had any official training. But it's pretty impressive they can actually invent all this stuff. All right, guys. Thanks so much for watching. Don't forget to subscribe, share this video, all that good stuff. Don't forget to check us out on Facebook. Instagram. Oh, follow Double Change. Absolutely. If you haven't seen it. Or click on that link we showed you earlier. All right, guys. Thanks for watching. Peace.