Kevin D. Wolf

1961: "There is practically no chance communications space satellites will be used to provide better telephone, telegraph, television or radio service inside the United States." — T.A.M. Craven, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner. #failedpredictions

2006: "Everyone's always asking me when Apple will come out with a cell phone. My answer is, 'Probably never.'" — David Pogue, The New York Times. #failedpredictions

2006: "Everyone's always asking me when Apple will come out with a cell phone. My answer is, 'Probably never.'" — David Pogue, The New York Times. #failedpredictions

In 1932, Albert Einstein said “There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will “. #failedpredictions

1955: "Nuclear powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality within 10 years." — Alex Lewyt, President of the Lewyt Vacuum Cleaner Company. #failedpredictions

In 1902, the chief of the Michigan Bank advised the Henry Ford’s lawyer that automobiles are just a fad and they can never replace horses. #failedpredictions

1992: “The idea of a personal communicator in every pocket is a “pipe dream driven by greed.”?—?Andy Grove, then CEO of Intel. #failedpredictions

The NeXT purchase is too little too late and Apple is already dead. – Nathan Mythrvold, Microsoft Ex-CTO in 1997. #failedpredictions

2005: "There's just not that many videos I want to watch." — Steve Chen, CTO and co-founder of YouTube expressing concerns about his company’s long term viability. #failedpredictions

2007: “There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share.” — Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO. #failedpredictions

Bill gates in 2004, Two years from now, spam will be solved. #failedpredictions

Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers may be unable to breathe and would die of asphyxiation. #failedpredictions

1981: “Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.” — Marty Cooper, inventor. #failedpredictions

1981: “Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.” — Marty Cooper, inventor. #failedpredictions

1981: “No one will need more than 637KB of memory for a personal computer. 640KB ought to be enough for anybody.”?—?Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft. #failedpredictions

In 1939, The New York Times published that the problem of TV was that people had to glue their eyes onto the screen and Americans wouldn’t have time for it. #failedpredictions

In 1800s, the French Military leader Napoleon Bonaparte said that, it is impossible to come up with a ship that can sail against the wind. #failedpredictions

Using alternating current is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it ever. – Thomas Edison in 1889. #failedpredictions

In the early days, a calculator is equipped with 18,000 tubes and weighs 30 tons. Some people predicted that in the future, it will have only 1000 tubes and weighs only half ton. #failedpredictions

1995: "I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse." — Robert Metcalfe, founder of 3Com. #failedpredictions