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

The monoski reached its peak in the 1980s before snowboarding became huge.

The doll was named the most innovative toy of the year, and was a commercial success.

The TB-303 was an analog synthesizer that flopped.

E.T. is often cited as the worst video game of all-time.

The marshmallows were too tough and chewy, and he thought that they had failed

Researchers in the early German polymer labs occasionally left a Bunsen burner lit over the weekend.

“The worst game of the year”, “Biggest lie of 2016”, “Disappointment of the year”

McDonald’s introduced a new hamburger with a more adult taste.

A portable DJ device that could mix tracks, beat match, and crossfade.

With the French Minitel as a model, this major investment was expected to be a huge success

Nothing fosters confidence in dental care like a brand specializing in weapons. In the 1960s...

Virtual Boy was a big disappointment...

In the ‘80s, IKEA tried something that turned out to be full of hot air.

An integrated digital patient record system would reform the way that the NHS uses information technology.

Thalidomide was a pharmaceutical innovation that caused severe birth defects.

Theranos promised to make blood-testing easier, cheaper and less painful.

Do you sometimes feel nervous, irritable or sad? If you are a woman, then you might suffer from hysteria.

A lobotomy was a surgical procedure to treat psychiatric symptoms by destroying brain tissue in the prefrontal cortex.

The artificial trachea did not work. Macciarini was convicted of clinical misconduct and research fraud. The scandal cost many people their lives