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Genius ideas that failed

Awesome concepts that never made it past the drawing board
JetScooter by Norio Fujikawa
B-membrane computer by Won-Seok Lee
Cloud Sofa by D.K. & Wei Design
Foldable phone by Kyocera
Electrolux Bio Robot Refrigerator by Yuriy Dmitriev
90° vertical bathtub by Ethan Lai
Dry Clean by puredesign
Purifi Pan by Hong Ying Guo
Hydroelectric Tidal House by Margot Krasojević
Memory by WenYao Cai
Audi Shark by Kazim Doku
Fitness@Work office chair by Benjamin Cselley
Clean Closet by Michael Edenius
Fader by Quirky
Relexer Cellphone by Lu Yin
Portable Toaster by Been Kim
Napkin PC by Avery Holleman
Cornucopia 3D food printer by Marcelo Coelho and Amit Zoran
SecO clothes dryer by Jack McCulloch
Volkswagen Hover Car
Percera washing machine by Chan Yeop Jeong
Bio Tank Fishwasher by Akifusa Nakazawa
Apple Back Hole holographic phone by Josselin Zaïgouche
Strap Game by Jian Qian
Virtuo by Yana Klimava
Bathsphere by the Alexander Zhukovsky Design Studio
Water Shade by Yitu Wang
3D clothing printer by Joshua Harris
Nokia Fit by Issam Trabelsi
Samsung Dream Doghouse by Samsung
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Awesome concepts that never made it past the drawing board

Imagine if you could fly around on a jet scooter, print out your lunch or sleep on a floating cloud? From flying vehicles to 3D printers, and more, we take a look at 30 wonder products which, due to technological or other constraints, have never seen the light of day.
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Daniel Coughlin

14 May 2019

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