Every consumer electronics company has an R&D division constantly cooking up weird gadgets and tech that will potentially help define the future of the industry. For the most part, these devices are produced to explore the practicality of an idea and go unseen by the general public, with only a feature or two eventually finding their way into consumer goods. But that doesn’t seem to be the case with Sony.
One of the most iconic names in consumer electronics also has a long history of releasing some of the most bizarre gadgets we’ve ever seen. Many seem like experiments that never should have left the lab, while others seemed too far ahead of their time to succeed. The company responsible for incredible successes like the Walkman, the Handycam, the Trinitron TV, and the PlayStation, is also behind many of the weirdest gadgets we’ve ever seen.
Here are some of its biggest head-scratchers.
