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The 50 worst inventions
From the zany to the dangerous to the just plain dumb, here is TIME's list (in no particular order) of some of the world's bright ideas that just didn't work out. Click on the invention to learn more about it. Segway New Coke Clippy Agent Orange CueCat Subprime Mortgages Crinoline Nintendo Virtual Boy Farmville Hydrogenated Oils Honegar Hydrogen Blimps Hair in a Can DDT Auto-Tune Red Dye No. 2 Ford Pinto Parachute Jacket Betamax Baby Cage Tanning Beds Crocs Hula Chair Foursquare Pop-Up Ads Phone Fingers CFCs Plastic Grocery Bags Bumpit Electric Facial Mask Sony CD Copy Protection Venetian-Blind Sunglasses Pet Spa Pontiac Aztek Snuggie for Dogs Mizar Flying Car Asbestos Olestra Comfort Wipe Fake Ponytails HeadOn Pay Toilets Tamagotchis Leaded Gasoline Vibrating Ab Belt Spam E-mail Smell-o-Vision Smile Checks Microsoft Bob Vio
WORST INVENTIONS OF ALL TIME
The 50 Worst Inventions : here is TIME's list (in no particular order) of some of the world's bright ideas that just didn't work out fIFQFETZHKX
ALAN TURING: PIONEER OF THE INFORMATION AGE
( May 2, 2012) Following a three minute introduction by Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Jack Copeland discusses Alan Turing's impact on information technology. Turing is often considered to be one of the greatest minds in the 20th century, and Copeland looks at how many of Turing's ideas lie behind some of information technology's most fundamental theories
INVENTIONS
Ellen found some amazing kids with some very cool inventions. She's ready to try them all out... if she isn't upstaged by an adorable toddler!