From social networks to interactive games, early 2000s websites were creative, experimental, and sometimes odd. Their legacy is still felt in the design, community, and functionality of modern internet platforms.
Here's a nostalgic look back at the most iconic electronic gadgets from the 1980s that defined innovation, style, and everyday life.
This is a countdown of bold predictions about the future that never became reality.
Innovation does not always keep pace with acceptance. Many brilliant ideas surfaced long before people knew what to do with them or had the tools to support them.
At the turn of the 20th century, the world was changing rapidly, and many believed the next hundred years would bring unimaginable progress. Their predictions about the year 2000 often reflected both wild hope and cautious fear.
These are 12 inventions that once captured headlines and imaginations but quickly disappeared after failing to live up to their hype.