![Federico Italiano on Twitter: "The Isolator, an anti-distraction helmet invented in 1925 by science fiction pioneer Hugo Gernsback, editor of 'Science and Invention' magazine, member of The American Physical Society, and coiner Federico Italiano on Twitter: "The Isolator, an anti-distraction helmet invented in 1925 by science fiction pioneer Hugo Gernsback, editor of 'Science and Invention' magazine, member of The American Physical Society, and coiner](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6mPxnZXkAA7NcX.jpg)
Federico Italiano on Twitter: "The Isolator, an anti-distraction helmet invented in 1925 by science fiction pioneer Hugo Gernsback, editor of 'Science and Invention' magazine, member of The American Physical Society, and coiner
![The Antidote to Writer's Block. Amazing 1925 invention — lost to… | by John Emmerling | Storyville Stories | Medium The Antidote to Writer's Block. Amazing 1925 invention — lost to… | by John Emmerling | Storyville Stories | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1091/1*XTRVJGiBG51Aey0wt7KHhA.png)
The Antidote to Writer's Block. Amazing 1925 invention — lost to… | by John Emmerling | Storyville Stories | Medium
![FUN FACT: Hugo Gernsback is sometimes called the father of science fiction. though he had not written one himself. In 1920, he designed a helmet that would shout out externel sounds and FUN FACT: Hugo Gernsback is sometimes called the father of science fiction. though he had not written one himself. In 1920, he designed a helmet that would shout out externel sounds and](https://i.redd.it/9dxra9kcbux51.jpg)
FUN FACT: Hugo Gernsback is sometimes called the father of science fiction. though he had not written one himself. In 1920, he designed a helmet that would shout out externel sounds and
![The Isolator” in “The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction” on Manifold @uminnpress The Isolator” in “The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction” on Manifold @uminnpress](https://manifold.umn.edu/system/ingestion_sources/attachments/8/7/5/original-af86aec8882b4d575be21c13d90699d28023a928.jpg)
The Isolator” in “The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction” on Manifold @uminnpress
![Hugo Gernsback, occasionally is referred to as the father of science fiction, even though he never wrote a sci-fi novel. In 1920, he designed this helmet that would shut out all external Hugo Gernsback, occasionally is referred to as the father of science fiction, even though he never wrote a sci-fi novel. In 1920, he designed this helmet that would shut out all external](https://preview.redd.it/mjoxstmt6fu51.jpg?auto=webp&s=3cb807cbd5a0b7a02cd4355385dc64ef97010f7a)
Hugo Gernsback, occasionally is referred to as the father of science fiction, even though he never wrote a sci-fi novel. In 1920, he designed this helmet that would shut out all external
![The Isolator, A Bizarre Helmet Invented in 1925 Used to Help Increase Focus and Concentration - 9GAG The Isolator, A Bizarre Helmet Invented in 1925 Used to Help Increase Focus and Concentration - 9GAG](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/agG2gNK_460s.jpg)