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The Most Useless Piece Of Modern Technology

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    #32
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,856 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »
    Vegetable spiraliser.

    how very dare you :pac: , I am late to the fad but I got one of the "pencil sharpener" ones and its pretty good.

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #33
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    What are deez yokes?


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    #34
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,445 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Nabber wrote: »
    The Irish e-voting machines.

    iPods- just buy an iPhone instead?

    They weren't actually Irish.

    Dutch as far as I know and it was Ireland that raised the query on them and we deserve credit for that.

    Many countries including The Netherlands gone back to manual voting because of it.


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    #35
    Parchment
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Parchment


    Those QR codes.


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    #36
    Decuc500
    Registered Users Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭Decuc500


    3D tv’s are on the way out but I have to say I get good use out of mine.

    I love ‘immersing’ myself in a 3D blu-ray film. The Hobbit films looked great in that format.


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    #37
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    THE WEST WING
    5x13 - "THE WARFARE OF GENGHIS KHAN"
    WRITTEN BY PETER NOAH
    DIRECTED BY BILL D'ELIA

    TRANSCRIBED BY SOUNDMAN FOR TWIZ TV.COM.

    JOSH
    So, I had this meeting with NASA this morning.

    LEO
    What a waste, since the moon. My generation never got the future it was
    promised.

    JOSH
    What do you mean?

    LEO
    35 years later, cars, air travel's the same. We don't even have the Concorde
    anymore. Technology stopped.

    JOSH
    The personal computer.

    LEO
    A more efficient delivery system for gossip and pornography. Where's my jet
    pack, my colonies on the Moon? Just a waste.


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    #38
    Crazyteacher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭Crazyteacher


    Dyson animal. The most awkward machine ever. Had to buy a cheap light Hoover and it's 100 times better.


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    #39
    fizzypish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭fizzypish


    Selfie sticks.

    They bother me greatly......


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    #40
    Beta Ray Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    o1s1n wrote: »
    The super Nintendo was one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century :pac:

    Indeed it was...

    However a great many nintendo products missed the mark

    Nintendo Scope (Giant Bazooka that needed C or D size batteries)
    Nintendo Wii (Hailed a huge success when it came out due to the controller, but by the end of Stephens Day most people had enough of it)
    Nintendo 64DD
    R.O.B
    Famicom 3D System
    Power Pad
    Etc
    etc

    They made a great console, but also made a hell of a lot a crap to sell with it.


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    #41
    floatwinner
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭floatwinner


    koumi wrote: »
    I have on of those two in one things, got it as a christmas gift and didn't think I'd use it that much but it turns out its fairly handy, I do have a decent smartfone which is my go to but I actually like having keys and when I need to do a bit quickly pull out the tablet/thing

    My head hurts after reading that.


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    #42
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,462 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Parchment wrote: »
    Those QR codes.

    Sure they're pretty much extinct already in fairness.


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    #43
    Duckjob
    Registered Users Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Duckjob


    Not modern in the techie sense, but whenever I see a guy outside with a leaf-blower I just think "WHY?"


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    #44
    paulbok
    Registered Users Posts: 4,927 ✭✭✭paulbok


    Decuc500 wrote: »
    3D tv’s are on the way out but I have to say I get good use out of mine.

    I love ‘immersing’ myself in a 3D blu-ray film. The Hobbit films looked great in that format.


    I'm glad something was able to improve them.


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    #45
    paulbok
    Registered Users Posts: 4,927 ✭✭✭paulbok


    Duckjob wrote: »
    Not modern in the techie sense, but whenever I see a guy outside with a leaf-blower I just think "WHY?"


    Have you ever tried sweeping grass or leaves off gravel drives?


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    #46
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    Parchment wrote: »
    Those QR codes.

    This......

    useless


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    #47
    storker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,654 ✭✭✭storker


    iTunes for the way it puts ridiculous barriers in place to do the same thing I can achieve with a simple copy and paste on Android. And it has one of the worst-designed user interfaces I've ever seen.

    Smartwatches which look like nothing more than a solution in search of a problem.


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    #48
    circadian
    Registered Users Posts: 6,940 ✭✭✭circadian


    The Eye

    Got an iPhone? Here's a case that adds an Android phone to it.


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    #49
    Ri_Nollaig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭Ri_Nollaig


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Think 3d TV was a complete joke so I agree there.


    But I love the HTC Vice, great fun, disagree with other posters on that .


    But the most useless is the 1200 pound 'Umbrella drone' to hopefully follow you around in the rain.

    Have to agree, the 3D TVs were definitely a joke but for a long time any good TV came with it anyway. Its funny how 3D has done multiple iterations of the years, wonder if there will be another in 10, 20 years time.

    I kinda, agree with the VR headsets, atleast the current generation. I have a vive as well and while it is impressive and great technology. Most of the best applications are glorified tech demos, Google Earth VR for example. With the exception of any "cockpit" based games, I dunno if it will ever take off [pardon the pun]. Perhaps Fallout VR might change my opinion on this.


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    #50
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    grahambo wrote: »

    Self Driving cars... Pointless, will never be cost effective to put 10 Radars and a super computer in every car.

    .

    You're right, everyone knows driverless cars will become 10000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.


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    #51
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    circadian wrote: »
    The Eye

    Got an iPhone? Here's a case that adds an Android phone to it.

    Actually while that is total bollocks Kickstarter in general has been a bit of a gathering area for the stupid and poorly thought out.


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    #52
    Ted Plain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 222 ✭✭Ted Plain


    Duckjob wrote: »
    Not modern in the techie sense, but whenever I see a guy outside with a leaf-blower I just think "WHY?"

    Profoundly useless. Surely they should be a sort of vacuum cleaner and suck instead of blow, no?

    Off on a tangent; I remember seeing one of those shows about people with OCD a few years back and one of the participants said that they hoover their lawn daily. :eek:

    Forward a couple of years and I now have artificial grass in my postage stamp-sized back garden.

    I absolutely love my artificial grass. Could not recommend it highly enough.

    And now I vacuum clean my lawn from time to time! :pac:


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    #53
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    The curved tv's . Sales have been so poor that none were manufactured in 2017


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    #54
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    Touchless germ pumps for hand soap. Entirely pointless. "oh, but you'll get germs off the pump handle" they try and sell you.

    But, when the liquid comes out of that pump, it's meant to kill germs anyways. FFS


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    #55
    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,297 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    DontThankMe wrote: »
    I believe the underwater hairdryer is fairly useless.
    Sometimes you gotta use it, as the underwater towel isn't dry yet....


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    #56
    Jayop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,388 ✭✭✭✭Jayop


    grahambo wrote: »
    I bought me misses an apple watch for Xmas and she turned her nose up at it.

    I also bought a 3d TV and 6 sets of active 3d glasses that I've used once

    Camera on the TV so that you can use you hand a remote control.... RUBBISH!

    Google/Snapchat goggles... More rubbish

    Virtual Reality things like the Occulus Rift, novelty will be worn off in about 2 weeks (Same as the Nintendo Scope for the SNES all them years ago)

    Self Driving cars... Pointless, will never be cost effective to put 10 Radars and a super computer in every car.

    Bluetooth head phones..

    Any of them hoovers that claim to have 500% more suction than other hoovers that use cyclone tech. More Crap

    List goes on and on.

    Most of that list I agree with, but self driving cars will be ubiquitous in a few years to the point that only the rich will be able to drive a normal car.

    And Bluetooth headphones are already taking over from wired ones. They're brilliant and much better than the old tech.


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    #57
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Jayop wrote: »
    Most of that list I agree with, but self driving cars will be ubiquitous in a few years to the point that only the rich will be able to drive a normal car.

    And Bluetooth headphones are already taking over from wired ones. They're brilliant and much better than the old tech.

    I knew this was coming along at some point. Why are the proponents of self driving cars so sure they're just around the corner and will be the second coming of our Lord and Saviour?

    We won't see self driving cars for decades for the simple reason people don't like change. FFS Most people won't drive an automatic. What we will see is more and more of the technology built in as safety features but fully self driving cars, not much before 2040 if even then.


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    #58
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,213 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    razorblunt wrote: »
    You're right, everyone knows driverless cars will become 10000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.

    Do you work for IBM ? :rolleyes:


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    #59
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,177 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Do you work for IBM ? :rolleyes:

    Probably not, but I do. He was quoting one Professor John Nerdelbaum Frink, Jr. :D


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    #60
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,177 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    In terms of making eejits of us all and doing human society disservice generally, I'd say it's hard to beat Ye Booke of Faeces.


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    #61
    crossmolinalad
    Registered Users Posts: 837 ✭✭✭crossmolinalad


    murpho999 wrote: »
    They weren't actually Irish.

    Dutch as far as I know and it was Ireland that raised the query on them and we deserve credit for that.

    Many countries including The Netherlands gone back to manual voting because of it.

    And now the last news from the dutch they gonna use them again
    they have changed the program and should work fine now and willing to test some next year when the local polls goes on


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