Full ListFrom the zany to the dangerous to the just plain dumb, here is TIME's list (in no particular order) of some of the world's bright ideas that just didn't work out
Worst Inventions
•Segway
•New Coke
•Clippy
•Agent Orange
•CueCat
•Subprime Mortgages
•Crinoline
•Nintendo Virtual Boy
•Farmville
•Hydrogenated Oils
•Honegar
•Hydrogen Blimps
•Hair in a Can
•DDT
•Auto-Tune
•Red Dye No. 2
•Ford Pinto
•Parachute Jacket
•Betamax
•Baby Cage
•Tanning Beds
•Crocs
•Hula Chair
•Foursquare
•Pop-Up Ads
•Phone Fingers
•CFCs
•Plastic Grocery Bags
•Bumpit
•Electric Facial Mask
•Sony CD Copy Protection
•Venetian-Blind Sunglasses
•Pet Spa
•Pontiac Aztek
•Snuggie for Dogs
•Mizar Flying Car
•Asbestos
•Olestra
•Comfort Wipe
•Fake Ponytails
•HeadOn
•Pay Toilets
•Tamagotchis
•Leaded Gasoline
•Vibrating Ab Belt
•Spam E-mail
•Smell-o-Vision
•Smile Checks
•Microsoft Bob
•Vio
Now admittedly some of these inventions are funny, like Hair in Can and Clippy, others on the list aren't funny because though they were thought to be helpful, they where later found to cause more harm than good to people and the environment, like DDT; Agent Organe and Asbestos.
And then there some on the list I disagree with.
Farmville a waste of productivity? What else am I supposed to do during those long flights across half of Azeroth and Northrend?
And Snuggie for Dogs? I have a friend with a Mexican Hairless that she puts a Snuggie on and it looks way cuter than some fancy, shmancy, pet sweater.
