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20 Times the 'Next Big Thing' Disappeared Overnight

Every day we watch advertisements for products claiming to be the next big thing. In truth, most of them won't come remotely close to "revolutionizing their industries," and will fall by the wayside like every product on this list. From Google Glasses to the Windows Phone, here are 20 hyped up products that totally failed


How often do you see someone zipping around on a Segway? The answer is definitely not as frequently as you probably did ten years ago. Whether it's their founder's self inflicted death, their odd look, or the ease with which electric scooters have taken over the same market, The Segway just never made it as mainstream as some might have thought it would. I guess nobody wants to look like the Mall Cop on their way to work. 


See that, and 19 other "next big things" that never really made it mainstream. 

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