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"10 Weird Gadgets that Never Got Off the Ground\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Metal Detecting Sandals\n\n\nConvinced that you walk on streets of gold? Manufacturer Hammacher Schlemmer was all about it, too. Its metal-detecting sandals scanned the earth under your feet as you walked. The battery circled around your calf. But alas, they're no longer available. \nPrice: $59.95\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Cigarette Umbrella\n\n\nThis 1930s cigarette case and umbrella were designed for the precipitation-bound puffer. Modern Mechanix digs up the design specs.\nPrice: Unknown\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Swatch Talk\n\n\nThe late 1990s brought a flurry of cellphone improvements meant to capitalize on your wristwatch. One was designed by Swatch. The whole Dick Tracy talk-into-your-arm bit seems a bit strange now, and apparently a lot of other folks thought so as well, even back then. (But, hey, it's water resistant!) \nPrice: Approx. $240 circa 2000\nImage courtesy of Ansulab\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Bone Fone\n\n\nStick this collar around your neck, up near your \u2014 the Bone Fone will play music right through your bones. However awful that sounds, in retrospect, the idea was pretty innovative. Your skeleton would resonate with rich fidelity and deliver a private aural experience like no other. \nPrice: $69.95 circa 1980\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. USB Pregnancy Test\n\n\nAs if the moment weren't terrifying enough for a woman, now potential moms can sit down at a laptop and analyze their own urine. There's a note that goes with this one: Horizontal USB ports prevent \"accidental moisture transference.\"\nPrice: $19.99\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Cigarette-Tracking Case\n\n\nIt seems people in the 1940s were concerned they were giving away too many cigarettes. This case was meant to keep track of the outflow \u2014 at least the part of it not destined for your own lungs. \nPrice: Unknown\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Wrist Maps\n\n\nHolding off on iOS 6 until Apple gets its Maps app together? In the 1920s you could access directions on your wrist, with this manually scrolling map. Strap it on and hop in the auto for a trip.\nPrice: Unknown\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. InteliData Money Clip\n\n\nBefore PayPal and smartphone apps, InteliData figured you might want to carry around all your financial information on a \"floppy disk-like device.\" Or not, as it turned out.\nPrice: $59.99 circa 1997\nImage courtesy of AP via Gizmodo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Toilet Tunes\n\n\nA sensor on the inside of your toilet lid plays the lavatory equivalent of elevator music into your WC. Your guests and housemates may never hear exactly what you're up to in there, but they may also wonder why smooth jazz is wafting out of the john.\nPrice: Approx. $30\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Massage Mouse\n\n\nThe verdict is still out for Massage Mouse \u2014 it could still catch on. So what does it do, other than sync with your computer like any other point-and-click device? Well, it massages. \nAs one Amazon reviewer puts it: \"I suffer from chronic widespread pain, and this little mouse has helped so much.\" \nYep, he's an industrious little fellow. (But behave yourselves, folks. Let's keep it work-friendly.)\nPrice: $79\u2013$99.75\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNot every invention can rival the iPod. For every tech success story, we encounter thousands of tech busts. \nWe've found 10 concepts that seemed like something the public would want \u2014 or what someone thought they did, anyway. Alas, they never really caught fire. \n\nSEE ALSO: 16 High-Tech \u201990s Gadgets That Are Pretty Lame When You Think About It\nSome are hanging on. Others are truly dead. Here's a roundup of 10 gadgets that never caught on."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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