Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  For Pleasure - A history of the vibrator (05 Jul 2005) Around the turn of the century, entrepreneurs began to recognize the huge potential market for hand-held vibrators for home use. Vibrator innovation was in fact a driving force behind the creation of the small electric motor. Hamilton Beach of Racine, Wis., patented its first take-home vibrator in 1902, making the vibrator the fifth electrical appliance to be introduced into the home, after the sewing machine and long before the electric iron. Article URL: http://slate.msn.com/id/2121835/ Read 40 more articles from Slate sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Little Britain     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy