Money / technology Top 10 Tech Toys That Flopped New technologies that were ballyhooed, but didn't live up to their hype By Sophie Goldstein, Newser Staff Posted Jun 26, 2007 6:10 AM CDT Copied Top 10 Tech Toys That Flopped Office Space : Printer Smash Original Version (z4rkenny (YouTube)) CueCat: A cat-shaped device that would scan magazine barcodes and send you to corresponding websites. No one bit. DigiScent's iSmell: Sending scents across the internet turned out to be a stinky idea. DIVX: A special system to play DVDs that destruct after one viewing. Obviously a keeper. E-books: If only it was more portable and durable . . . like a book. Facial Recognition Systems: Would have been brilliant if it had worked. Microsoft Bob: Everyone enjoys a lecture from a smiley faces, right? Network PC: Most people just went ahead and bought a real computer. SoftRAM: Doubled how much memory your computer thought it had while actually adding nothing at all. Speech Recognition: Humans and computers are still not speaking each other's languages. Web TV: Surf the web on your TV? No thanks. (More technology stories.) See 1 photo Report an error