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owen]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
Hardly any games. Graphics underwhelmed. But my biggest problem with it is the numberpad on the controller. What the heck was that on there for? So it could double as a telephone? Argh. (3DO sucked, too but it was not nearly as bad)]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
Not the MPEG4 format, but the whole Divx "DVD rental replacement" thing. Remember? You buy the Divx discs put them in your special Divx player and you could use them for a couple of days/plays. Then you had to pay a fee to watch them again after that. Or you could just pay a large fee up front for unlimited viewings. I can't remember when i have seen a technological idea rejected so whole heartedly.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
A spectacularly bad excecution of an excellent, forward thinking idea introduced by a genius of a man.

In a nutshell it was an electric bike/personal transport type device released in the UK in the 80's by Alan Sinclair, who had made a fortune with his companies selling home computers and pocket calculators.

The problems with the device were many. The riding position required you to sit down and steer using a pair of handlebars under your legs. The rider sat so low that you couldn't be seen by cars, and you were exposed to the elements - this is in the UK, remember.

It was the original Segway, I remember thinking they were wickedly cool at the time.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
A lot of school use these but they are completely useless. They are not sensitive enough to work. My school has one in each class and they are brand new and only half of them actually work. Also, they are too delicate to be used around a large amount of people.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.plumed-serpent.com/SoundwaveJapanBox.jpg
He would have been all the way live. Flippity, FLOP-ity, floo.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
Nintendo's R.O.B. & 64DD
Tiger Game.com
Tablet PC (This and past implementations anyway)]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
- Jon]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
In case people may not know what this is, it's a vacuum cleaner, hair attachment to give that "precision haircut" without the stylist.

The concept itself was cool, but the fact that you used a vacuum cleaner to cut hair probably turned alot of people off. Surprisingly they still sell it at http://www.flowbee.com but come on, are there really people still buying it?

I'm sure countless beauty colleges across the U.S. and abroad, have nothing good to say about this device. (Although, it probably gives a better hair cut than most beauty college students ;)]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
I'll give another vote for Divx too.

Gasoline engines? Over a long term they've been highly inefficient and grossly polutant.

VHS-mini, or VHS-C or whatever that was called.

the original Disk Camera (film version, looked like a viewmaster reel)

8track tapes]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
but the worst flop: definitely MINIDISC

fit like 10 cds on a minidisc? my ass! you had to sit there and record them like a cassette tape]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Windows ME
Apple Servers]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
The only way Ronald Regan could have messed up any more with this project, is if he penned Epp 1 & 2 for Lucas's movies...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Windows ME
Apple Servers]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
Cold fusion is the generation of anomalous excess heat at low temperatures. It began with experiments using an immersed palladium electrode activated in heavy water. In March, 1989, when the achievement of cold fusion was first reported in the press, electrochemically induced reactions were very difficult to reproduce.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
http://www.buyoutfootage.com/pages/titles/pd_nr_031.php

Its not the fact that an air conditioned suit is a bad idea, rather...pumps on the bottom of shoes with tubes going everywhere doesn't appear to be the best way to go about it.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/sun glasses with a tv screen in them
zip drives]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
or how about that cuecat scanner? now there was a great idea.. hey, i've got like all these barcodes on my cereal boxes and shit that i couldn't care less about.. why the hell hasn't someone released a sextoy-looking product where i can scan those codes into my pc?

absolute genius.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/Dec 19th 2005 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/worst-gadget-flops-of-all-time/
The Apple III.

Blew from day 1. Blows today.
Pulled before less than 75K units sold.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:17AM