Classic Patents: Interactive 3D museum simulating history's greatest inventions
doodlestein · x · 2026-08-21
A developer launched Classic Patents, a museum for historical technical patents. The project restores original USPTO patent transcripts, deconstructs them into plain English engineering explanations, and brings them to life using real-time 3D Three.js physical simulations. The site features 79 curated inventions (e.g., Watt's Steam Engine, Whitney's Cotton Gin) with an interactive timeline and dual-projection text.
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