Even though mankind has been witness to multiple technological inventions and innovations for decades, tech companies will completely miss the mark at some point, right? CNET’s Ty Pendlebury compiles a list of the weirdest and most ridiculous releases from companies over the past 20 years.
We’d like to note that these inventions do work and have an intended purpose. It’s just that customers wouldn’t grab it for two reasons: (a) it’s way too expensive (some of them are priced around $949 a piece, and that’s on sale), and (b) there’s a safer and more practical option out there already.
From vacuum shoes to toilet paper robots to MP3 weapon holsters, the list contains more items than you’d expect– with some of them making us very surprised. We even asked ourselves, “who was the target audience for these products?”
Check out the full list here!
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