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Be Amazed

Incredible Inventions That Can Save Your Life

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Be Amazed

History, Society & Culture, Leisure, Science, Documentary

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

From refrigerators to radios, and cars to coffee machines, the human race has come up with some pretty ingenious everyday inventions. But, as impressive as these are, they’re not exactly lifesavers. Well, apart from the coffee machine… I need coffee! With that being said, there are some gadgets that could come in handy if you find yourself in an unexpected life or death situation. From earthquake-proof beds, to shark-repelling bracelets, and even slime robots… yes, slime robots, here are some incredible inventions that could save your life. 



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0:00.0

From refrigerators to radios and cars to coffee machines, the human races come up with some pretty ingenious everyday inventions.

0:10.2

But as impressive as these are, they're not exactly lifesavers.

0:15.2

Well, apart from the coffee machine, I need coffee.

0:20.1

With that being said, there are some gadgets that could come in

0:23.6

handy if you find yourself in an unexpected life or death situation. From earthquake-proof beds

0:30.5

to shark-repelling bracelets and even slime robots. Yeah, slime robots. Here are some incredible inventions that could save your life.

0:43.8

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. Be amazed.

1:01.0

Imagine this. You're all snuggled up, cozy and warm in bed, gently drifting off to sleep. When all of a sudden the walls are shaking, the windows shatter, the ceiling above you cracks and gives way.

1:09.0

It's an earthquake. Between 1998 and 2017, earthquakes

1:13.6

took the lives of more than 750,000 people around the world, the majority of which

1:22.6

perished due to falling debris. So yeah, they're a very real and very nasty threat, particularly at night.

1:32.3

Being asleep in bed isn't the position you want to be in while your house collapses on top of you.

1:38.3

After all, your pillows aren't going to do much to save you from being crushed by a falling ceiling.

1:43.3

But strange as it sounds, Chinese inventor Wang Wang Z created to do much to save you from being crushed by a falling ceiling.

1:44.2

But strange as it sounds, Chinese inventor Wang Wang Zee created a concept that makes your

1:50.0

bed the safest place to be during an earthquake.

1:54.2

At first glance, it looks like any old bed.

1:57.3

Yet this sleeping station is built with tremor sensors which when triggered caused the bed's base

2:03.5

to open up, swallowing the sleeper up and cocooning them inside a rigid metal frame. A protective

2:10.6

slated lid then rolls over the frame turning what was a bed into an earthquake-resistant box.

2:18.3

While it may seem suspiciously like getting locked in your own private coffin,

2:22.7

the bed's chamber contains flashlights, medical kits, loud whistles,

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