Top 10 worst invention list

When reading the tech press, you hear a lot about good technology, good inventions, we're all a bunch of grumpy old cynics - what we really like is when an invention goes wrong. Let's check and see what people think and say why choose them.

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Celine Dion

science science - 22 months ago
worst-3.jpgCeline Dion: Many might claim La Dion is not an invention. But you just look into her steely, robotic eyes and tell me she's not a man-made construct. I dare you.

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Hand driers in toilets

science science - 22 months ago
worst-1.jpgHand driers in toilets: They're simply rubbish. Either they fail to dry your hands or they are so hot that they scald your skin off your hands.

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Religion 2%

science science - 22 months ago

Surprisingly, religion snuck into the top 10 with two per cent of the vote.

Whilst there can be a debate on the existence of god, gods or a supreme being the method and rituals for venerating these entities are purely man made.

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Speed Cameras 3%

science science - 22 months ago

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Fast Food 3%

science science - 22 months ago
McDonnalds and Fast Food in General - fat girls/obisity/death/decline of health in general in whole country/world.

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Cigarettes 6%

science science - 22 months ago
For the latter sometimes does good, but tobacco does nothing but kill!  It is evil in the first place.  Its fundamental malicious intention is build up step by step until it succeeds to kill smokers.  I am not trying to threaten people. An easy study of tobacco-related diseases clearly shows how severely it can cause our health to deteriorate.  A scientific research told us the cigarette contains at least 13 different types of substance causing cancer.  A lot more is yet to be studied about its other hidden killer ingredients…

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The Car 6%

science science - 22 months ago

The invention of car brings a lot of convenience but also danger with car accident and environment pollution for people. So it get 6% votes to be the worst invention.

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Television 9%

science science - 22 months ago

In many ways, Television has proved to be one of the worst inventions of modern times. All too often, Television is harmful because of the shows it broadcasts and the way it is used in the home

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Nuclear Power 9%

science science - 22 months ago
Nuclear weapons accounted for 31% of this, even though they have only been used twice in warfare - in 1945 when the US dropped ‘Little Boy’ on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed three days later by ‘Fat Man,’ which fell on Nagasaki.

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Mobile Phones 17%

science science - 22 months ago

The communication devices were beaten only by 'weapons' as the worst inventions in a survey of 4,164 people for the BBC's Focus magazine. So Mobile phones may not be as popular as we think

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Weapons 35%

science science - 22 months ago

The weapons category captured 35 per cent of the vote and included items as diverse as guns, explosives, biological weapons and atomic bombs.

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Sinclair C5 9%

science science - 22 months ago

Sinclair C5: We've got a lot to be thankful to Sir Clive for. But this isn't it. Perhaps it was very forward thinking, but it's not quite produced the revolution in transport that it promised.