Five accidental inventions that we couldn't live without

When we think of great inventions we assume it takes years of trial and error, hours of experimentations, tweaks and retests. And for the most part we would be right. After all it took Thomas Edison over 10,000 attempts to finally nail the light bulb.

Five accidental inventions that we couldn't live without
Tue, 02 Feb, 2016 - 00:00
Brian Moss & Lorraine Murphy

Some inventions however come about by more fortuitous means…

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