Every day, hundreds of unique inventions designed to solve pressing human problems and make our lives easier, appear. However, not all devices are successful, and some of them cause only bewilderment.

The 1970s were an experimental playground where tech optimism mingled with countercultural quirkiness to yield strange inventions. Some were innovative, some pointless, some disasters. These ...

Thinking back to the technology that was around 50 years ago, it’s remarkable how many inventions and innovations have changed the world (and the way we navigate our way through it). Some inventions, ...