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The world's most incredible inventions that never took off

Failure to launch
Flying cars
Flying cars
Nuclear-powered cars
Nuclear-powered cars
Amphibious cars
Amphibious cars
3D TV
3D TV
Scent-enhanced movies
Scent-enhanced movies
Jet packs
Jet packs
Internet refrigerators
Internet refrigerators
Self-balancing scooters
Self-balancing scooters
Electric pedal cycles
Electric pedal cycles
1990s VR
1990s VR
Betamax
Betamax
HD DVD
HD DVD
Five-wheel self-parking cars
Five-wheel self-parking cars
Wearable computers
Wearable computers
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Failure to launch

Inventions like jet packs, flying cars and wearable computers were tipped to transform the world, but have ended up disappointing big time. We take a look at 14 innovations that were slated to revolutionise the way we live but ultimately floundered.
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Daniel Coughlin

08 March 2018

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