From the inflatable boat coat to the electric hair-cutting hat, these historic gadgets failed to set the world on fire (except, in one or two cases, accidentally).
Like Andy Murray and English sporting teams, tech may often receive immense pre-release hype before belly-flopping into ignominy.
From the jacket that inflated into a boat to the radioactive shoe-fitting fluroscope, all of this tech was hailed; all subsequently failed. But hey, at least the inventors tried. It's the taking part, right?
And hot on the heels of these historic gadget flops, T3 magazine brings you their modern day equivalents.
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