7 world-changing inventions that were ridiculed when they came out

It's okay if you're skeptical about new innovations these dayswith the way many products are marketed, it's hard to believe any one willactually change your life. But manysuccessful inventions endured plenty ofpublic ridicule before becoming wildly popular. And today we can't live without them.Here are a few that were mocked initially, but remainuseful today. Light bulbs Thomas Edison is revered bymany schoolchildren as the father of invention. More precisely, he was present at the invention of many things we use today, for which he filed lots ofpatents: 1,093 in the US alone.When the news got outthat Edison was developing thefirst practical electric light bulb, not everyone was impressed.A British Parliament Committee noted in 1878 that Edison's light bulbwas"good enough for our Transatlantic friends... but unworthy of the attention of practical or scientific men."Similarly, a chief engineer for theBritish Post Office said that the "subdivision of the electric light is an absolute ignis fatuus." In other words, a fairy tale. A sham. CoffeeCoffee was first popularly used by Sufi Muslims to stayawake during their nighttime devotions.When the drinkwas introduced to the public in the Middle East, it was a miraclepeople were finding more time in their day to create, discuss, and spread ideas.But throughout the 1500s, different schools of thought began to shuncoffee for various reasonsthe drink was thought to induce a form of drunkenness, and coffeehouses were consideredmeeting centers for reactionaries. Some even suggested itwas causing common diseases.Today, coffee might bemaking our lives longerand the world's most valuable coffee company is evenspiking our drinks with gases. We've come a long way.Airplanes and fighter jetsThe Wright Brothers made headlines when they flew the first airplane in 1903. The flight lasted for some 12 seconds.In 1911,FerdinandFoch, a French general and Allied Commander during World War I, said, "Airplanes are interesting scientific toys, but they are of no military value."A mere eightyears after Foch said that, a Curtiss seaplane made the first trip across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Portugal. UAVs (aka drones), while not planes, wouldn't be the same without the proven success of military planes.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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