Grass skis
Grass skiing were originally developed as a new way for alpine skiers to train during summer.
Honda Pacific Coast 800
The futuristic Honda PC800 was a misunderstood motorcycle. Perhaps this was because it was a motorcycle built for non-motorcycle riders.
Spruce Goose
Built out of birch wood, it weighed in at over 400,000 pounds and cost some $22 million dollars. In today’s money that would be over $250,000,000.00 per plane!
Vasa Warship
The Vasa was dangerously top heavy and unstable, but she was impatiently ordered out to sea.
iBOT Wheelchair
This is not a wheelchair. This is an extraordinary machine that will liberate millions of people.
Sinclair C5 - electric scooter
The C5 was a commercial flop. It had poor battery life, lack of weather- proofing and was frustratingly slow.
Segway - people mover
The expectations for the Segway were huge: »Segway will be to the car, what the car was to horse and cart.«,
Itera - plastic bicycle
The bike was launched with the slogans »We’re pedalling out of the Iron Age!«