Consumer robotics is a difficult business because the products are expected to work perfectly and cost almost nothing.

Valkee, the maker of the headset, claimed the technology was able to relieve jet lag, migraines, and combat depression by sending light rays into your brain through your ears.

DivX was a widely hated platform that was hounded to its death by disgruntled consumers who had to buy an expensive DivX player and connect it to their phone line.

They required gluing a magnet to your head so the eyewear would clip on to the magnets.

The Google TV devices were not user-friendly This hideous Sony remote had 88 separate button.

This failure in technology wasn’t for a lack of trying

A total of 66 satellites were required at a cost of $5 billion.

Swedish newspapers described the site as »a blurry version of hell.«

All-in-one electronic card that stored credit card info...

When Google launched these »smart glasses« expectations were sky high.

Virtual Boy was a big disappointment...

In 1964 DuPont Corporation introduced Corfam – a synthetic leather substitute..

In the late 1990s in Sweden, someone thought there had to be a better way to pay than cash. And the Swedish banks thought so, too.

In the early 2000s, LEGO was close to bankruptcy with poor management and runaway costs.

The hope was the Power Glove would make virtual reality an actual reality. The actual reality being… it did virtually NOTHING.