If you want to be successful in today’s competitive business landscape or if you want to earn a quick pound, you need a ground-breaking idea. The result of such ambitions can sometimes be a bit odd, for example, we don’t see many moustache protectors around today!
However, sometimes, innovations which people thought would never work become everyday necessities in years to come. In 1943, former IBM boss Thomas J. Watson thought that it was unlikely that computers would find their way into homes around the World. He was quoted saying that “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers”, difficult to imagine today in a market busting with the latest tablets, PCs and portable laptops.
Similarly, when the telephone was invented, US-President Rutherford B. Hayes commented: “It’s an amazing invention but who will ever use it?”, tricky to fathom when today’s President Barack Obama uses his Smartphone to write updates on Twitter and share his thoughts with the World.
The radio was damned to being unsuccessful and during the 70s and 80s it seemed like the radio’s glory years had passed. But the radio survived and came to a renaissance during the Internet age: slightly altered in the form of MP3 players and audio podcasts.
But what about you? Did a strange invention ever cross your path that you didn’t push through? Or are you tomorrow’s Gyro Gearloose?
What great inventions would you like to see in the future? Please let us know by commenting below.
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