dpb wrote:
FoggyTown wrote:
A few years ago I attended a marketing lecture given by a very
respected designer. One element of his presentation was his assertion
that there are many, many items which have been invented and even
perfected BUT which will not see the market - either because (1) the
average person couldn't handle them, or (2) their sale would ruin
other established markets.
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Well, yeahbbut...

If there were a real market, it would make it out. While there may be
an element of truth in the claims, it's unlikely this miracle product,
whatever it might be, would be producible at a competitive price or not
have some other problem or somebody would be doing it...there are an
awful lot of bright folks out there.

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Well, here's one that they tried to squelch, but it finally broke through:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIOIM6hHBk