Posted on 11/26/2012 6:46:24 AM PST by Liz
Edited on 11/26/2012 6:55:21 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
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Yeah-—business model was bad.
Segway had a tip-proof GPS—until GWB mounted one.
Ironically, the wealthy investor who bought the idea from Kamen steered himself over a cliff to his death on a rocky path on his estate-—didn’t know it was used safely only on flat surfaces.
Once the wheel leaves the ground——disaster.
That one’s my fave invention disasters.
Smell-o-Vision-—and its putrid cousin-—Aromaroma——collossal cinematic flops that attempted spraying theatres w/ scents coordinated w/ movie scenes.
Smellovision was the brainchild of Mike Todd Jr-—one of Liz Taylor’s deceased husbands.
The promoters never factored in life-threatening allergies and the staying power of fragrances.
Some theatre goers fainted and some fled w/ eyes streaming and bronchial passages impaired.
The entire theater had to be recarpeted and reupholstered to rid the deathly smells that had built up after a week’s worth of Aromarama spraying “new-mown hay, trapped tiger,
jungle gardenia, and orange peel.”
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