Comments on: 9 Life-Changing Inventions the Experts Said Would Never Work https://ecosalon.com/9_life_changing_inventions_the_experts_said_would_never_work/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.25 By: Rose https://ecosalon.com/9_life_changing_inventions_the_experts_said_would_never_work/#comment-35838 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:49:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/9_Life_Changing_Inventions_the_Experts_Said_Would_Never_Work#comment-35838 FedEx. Remember how many people said that overnight delivery of packages would never be viable? Well now it’s standard. Amazing.

]]> By: Blounsb999 https://ecosalon.com/9_life_changing_inventions_the_experts_said_would_never_work/#comment-34463 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:44:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/9_Life_Changing_Inventions_the_Experts_Said_Would_Never_Work#comment-34463 Incandescent bulbs, yes. I’m a big fan of LED tech. Forget about the intermediate step of CFLs with their mercury. LEDs give off light with minimal heat. They cost more up front, but over the life of the unit it’s not too bad.

]]> By: Anonymous https://ecosalon.com/9_life_changing_inventions_the_experts_said_would_never_work/#comment-34411 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:00:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/9_Life_Changing_Inventions_the_Experts_Said_Would_Never_Work#comment-34411 Wind power as it is today can be added to your list of failures as well Wayne. All these are just things which can be done but haven’t been done correctly. The flying car by the way is off the ground now, I just watched a special about it.

]]> By: Elderly Bloke https://ecosalon.com/9_life_changing_inventions_the_experts_said_would_never_work/#comment-31609 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:26:29 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/9_Life_Changing_Inventions_the_Experts_Said_Would_Never_Work#comment-31609 There were others , in Europe who were working on developing an electric light bulb.

He patented it but that does not mean he was the only one

]]> By: load shedding https://ecosalon.com/9_life_changing_inventions_the_experts_said_would_never_work/#comment-28224 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:21:58 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/9_Life_Changing_Inventions_the_Experts_Said_Would_Never_Work#comment-28224 life changing inventions well I’ve got a handful of patents but no life changing ones yet Peter Ustinov: “If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can’t be done.”

]]> By: Eddie Alexander https://ecosalon.com/9_life_changing_inventions_the_experts_said_would_never_work/#comment-26749 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:02:56 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/9_Life_Changing_Inventions_the_Experts_Said_Would_Never_Work#comment-26749 I worked at Synertek and helped develop a custom I.C. for the first Apple video interface. The engineer that I worked with left the company to join Apple. I could have gone with him but I said: Who’s gonna use those things? People will put their Xmas card list and recipes on them, maybe write a letter. What more could you use them for?

That’s another million dollars I kissed off.

]]> By: That will never work! « that one guy https://ecosalon.com/9_life_changing_inventions_the_experts_said_would_never_work/#comment-12374 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:16:50 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/9_Life_Changing_Inventions_the_Experts_Said_Would_Never_Work#comment-12374 […] Experts proven wrong Categories: Uncategorized Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback […]

]]> By: Z https://ecosalon.com/9_life_changing_inventions_the_experts_said_would_never_work/#comment-10795 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:11:17 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/9_Life_Changing_Inventions_the_Experts_Said_Would_Never_Work#comment-10795 Dennis Gabor?
He was born in Hungary as Gábor Dénes and only moved to England when he was 33 years old. This does not make him a British.

]]> By: jdm https://ecosalon.com/9_life_changing_inventions_the_experts_said_would_never_work/#comment-4371 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:57:53 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/9_Life_Changing_Inventions_the_Experts_Said_Would_Never_Work#comment-4371 Joseph Swann invented the lightbulb.

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