Site of the Day for Friday, February 10, 2017
6 World-Changing Inventions (That Failed Spectacularly)
Today's site, from the interesting folks at Cracked.com, offers an absorbing
round-up of seriously flawed inventions. Gentle Subscribers will discover not
only debacles from far-flung countries but a few fiascoes closer to home as
well.
"It's easy for tech companies to brag about their world-changing innovations,
but more often than not, when it comes to executing their big ideas, they're
not so much boldly stepping into the future as they are drunkenly tripping into
a dumpster full of hubris and failure. We as a society are so ready for the
Jetsons technology that will make us live forever in talking houses running on
clean energy that we'll lose our minds over any crackpot idea, no matter how
obviously flawed and ultimately unworkable it is. For example ..." - from the
website
This popular article focuses on a select group of initially plausible
inventions and then catalogs how they went spectacularly wrong. From the wily
idea of a clever opportunist who succeeded in convincing reputable companies
that a thoroughly fraudulently medical diagnostic machine would save money and
lives, to the over the top dream of one of America's most well-known inventors,
this report chronicles a collection of fantastic concepts. Outrageously
conceived planes, buses, and pods are among the creations served up in the
article, suitably accompanied by eye-opening photos.
Note: this Cracked.com feature is surprisingly safe for work.
Cruise over to the site for the inside scoop on a half dozen disastrous
inventions at:
http://www.cracked.com/article_24584_6-world-changing-inventions-that-failed-spectacularly.html
A.M. Holm
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