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BigDogsWang | 13:15 Mon 17th Jul 2006 | Technology
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Does anyone know of a website which lists the top 100 inventions / ideas which went on the market but were doomed to fail? Some examples I can think of: the Sinclair C5, the Phillips LaserDisk, etc.......
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http://www.historychannel.com/broadband/clipvi ew/index.jsp?id=mm_failedproducts_broadband

http://www.renaissancemag.com/humor/default.as p?article=0100

Some examples here.
15:56 Mon 17th Jul 2006
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The second link is actually Chindogu, the Japanese art of practical but useless inventions.

16:07 Mon 17th Jul 2006
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The first link is worth a look, can't imagine why scambled egg on a stick failed to capture the imagination of the public.
16:11 Mon 17th Jul 2006
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Thanx peeps
16:11 Mon 17th Jul 2006

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