Useless tech is all around us, and they can easily make us wonder, "what's the point?" But then again, some people have a lot of time on their hands. And with that much time, they can think of almost ...

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) --Conventional wisdom holds that "necessity is the mother of invention," but if that's the case, some inventions that made headlines in 2016 must be downright motherless.