Thomas Edison had a very successful invention, but was rejected by society because of his horror

If asked who is the most successful inventor in America, many people would not hesitate to vote for Thomas Edison.

He is considered to be the living proof of the sentence because he is the author: Genius is only 1% is smart, 99% is due to hard work.

Thomas Edison - American great fortune inventor.

In fact, to have that success, Edison had to put in a lot of effort, showing through more than 10,000 of his inventions.

However, among these, there was an invention that should have been successful, but it was also classified as a "failing full set" because the public did not accept it.

The talking doll - the big turning point of the entertainment industry

This invention came into existence in 1890. According to an unofficial source, Edison thought of it when he saw his daughter talking to a doll. In addition, he wanted to create a product to make the most of the entertainment potential of the previous invention, the recorder.

In April 1890, Edison's first dolls were shipped. They are made of wood, about 60cm tall, the inside contains a mini recorder. Behind the doll is a key, just by wiring it will emit pre-recorded sounds, such as a lullaby.

In April 1890, Edison's first dolls were shipped.

Due to technology barriers, each doll's recorded songs will not be the same, because each recording is separately.

It was like a turning point, because his doll marked the first time humans used sound for commercial and entertainment purposes. And the 18 girls at the factory - those responsible for recording dolls - were the first record artists.

His doll marks the first time humans use sound for commercial and entertainment purposes.

The rapid collapse

Edison's products were not as successful as expected. The first is the price - it's too expensive, with two versions "wear" and "no dressing" for $ 20 - $ 10 respectively (equivalent to $ 574 - $ 237 today).

Talking dolls have 2 versions "dressed" and "not dressed".

The rich people still supported him, but the products quickly returned. The reason is because the recording technology of that period was not sustainable, making the sound faulty in a short time. After a few weeks from its debut, Edison had to withdraw the product from the market.

But that was not a big problem, because with Edison's ability, he quickly edited and introduced a new generation of dolls.

However, the old dolls still haunt the consumers, because the sound of sounds is very scary enough to make children cry. In addition, the "talking doll" image is often used in horror stories, so it is clearly not a good business idea for Edison.

After all, the talking doll became one of Edison's more than 10,000 failed inventions.

An interesting point is that when retrieving dolls to destroy, not all dolls returned to Edison. Thousands of dolls have been sold, in which the quantity is not small and exported to other countries, so this is understandable.

The doll cost hundreds of millions of VND to collect people.

And now, Edison's defective products are being sold for $ 25,000 - $ 35,000 (about VND600 - 800 million).