26 Cool Inventions That Never Took Off

Neill Lynskey Published Yesterday in ftw

Sometimes, things hit the market that the public isn’t ready for. Like Google Glass, or that time McDonald's made pizza.

There are all sorts of inventions throughout history that just didn’t take off and maybe deserved to. They’ve made cars with glowing tires, chopsticks that cool noodles, or a mask that you can smoke through. Some of them are straight-up stupid, like shoes that dry your hair or a bike with square wheels.

But really, if they brought back that smoking mask during COVID, the vape rats would’ve been all over it.

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1. An early rideable lawnmower.
2. A one-wheeled motorcycle.
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4. A wearable telephone.
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6. A personal submarine.
7. WWII-era headgear to detect air raids.
8. An acoustic listening device developed for the Dutch army as part of air defense.
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12. Illuminated tires that were developed by Goodyear in the early 1960s.
13. Television glasses invented in 1963.
14. A device for x-raying the mouth from the 1920s.
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16. A "walking bike" fitted with shoes.
17. A "ribcage" shower unit that sprays out of every pipe.
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22. A helmet designed to keep sleeping subway passengers upright.
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25. Ramen cooling chop sticks.
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1. An early rideable lawnmower.
2. A one-wheeled motorcycle.
3.
4. A wearable telephone.
5.
6. A personal submarine.
7. WWII-era headgear to detect air raids.
8. An acoustic listening device developed for the Dutch army as part of air defense.
9.
10.
11.
12. Illuminated tires that were developed by Goodyear in the early 1960s.
13. Television glasses invented in 1963.
14. A device for x-raying the mouth from the 1920s.
15.
16. A "walking bike" fitted with shoes.
17. A "ribcage" shower unit that sprays out of every pipe.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22. A helmet designed to keep sleeping subway passengers upright.
23.
24.
25. Ramen cooling chop sticks.
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