The Museum of Failed Technology

Most modern gadgets are destined for a graveyard of obsolete inventions. A legendary project once aimed to document these forgotten failures to remind us that today’s revolutionary tech will soon be just another relic.

In 1995, sci-fi author Bruce Sterling launched a quest to catalog every piece of media that went extinct. He wanted to push past the hype of the early internet and create a serious record of humanity's technological mistakes. By celebrating these dead formats, he hoped to offer a clearer, more grounded perspective on innovation. It serves as a humbling reminder that what we find indispensable today might soon end up in a landfill.