15 Buried Inventions
Sometimes, Innovation Was Too Far Ahead Of Its TimeBy Chris A. Piazza | Antherra™
Length1h
About this audiobook
A light that has burned for a hundred and seventeen years refuses to go out, because it made a promise no one upstairs can afford anymore. Down in the archive the inventions that worked too well wait on their shelves — the bulb that never dies, the concrete that heals itself shut, the car the market drowned in a desert lot. Nothing here is broken. Each one keeps its word, and the world buries the things that keep their word — quietly, on a schedule, in a room with no seam to climb back through. The patent numbers on the tags are real, and every one is still waiting for the quarter it becomes profitable to dig up.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Technology
Length1 hr
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title
6Five · Stay Dressed. Stay Perfect.
2One · It Refuses to Dim
7Six · You Didn't See It
3Two · Outlast Your Children
8Seven · The Sun Will Wait
4Three · The Streets Don't Want Us to Leave
9Coda · Patent Pending. Forever.
5Four · Cleaning the World One Atom at a Time
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DeaccessionChris A. Piazza | Antherra™48m$4.99
RemandChris A. Piazza | Antherra™37m$4.99
Color Me DrunkChris A. Piazza | Antherra™45m$4.99
StemsChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 18m$4.99
The Civilization That Could BeChris A. Piazza | Antherra™46m$4.99
Chain of CustodyChris A. Piazza | Antherra™42m$4.99
TitrationChris A. Piazza | Antherra™49m$4.99
CompactChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 48m$4.99
Discount RateChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 24m$4.99
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Thonis–Heracleion: The Sunken GateChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 11m$4.99
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RecensionChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 43m$4.99
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