Great inventions of their creators rich not

Not always good when things go they make a great invention. There are other creative despite their inventions have changed our lives, still have empty pockets. The causes of this failure can be that out of laziness, political issues to their generosity

Can you do have a good idea? Some inventors happened something. Owner of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, 12 years after the invention of social networks, considered one of the richest fifth in the world, with a fortune amounting to 52.5 billion dollars. But things do not always go so well. There are other creative despite their inventions have changed our lives, still have empty pockets. The causes of this failure can be that out of laziness, political issues to their generosity. Below are 7 of them.

Credit Cards

Without Ron Klein-in, perhaps today we would not have credit card. He just invented the method of encoding the magnetic strip with simple information, such as an account number located on the back of credit and debit cards.

And despite the importance of his invention, he never could do before the dot. And with this kind of invention, the profits would be large, although he had was because of other findings, such as software-t used in the world of finance and grants.

The packaged chips

Cut chips fried thin are probably one of the few inventions made for someone else's anger.When working as chief in "Moon Lake House" in 1853, George Crum served a plate of chips to a customer who complained that the potatoes were soft and thick. Enraged, Crum-the potatoes and cut them thin enough they went and served as a branch. Later, when he opened his restaurant, he called "Saratoga Chips" and distribute a plate on each table. They liked it very much. His method also applied to other restaurants, without recognizing the merits of this recipe.

matches

English chemist and inventor, John Walker, created the modern matches and began to sell them in 1827 in his hometown, Stockton. Unfortunately, he was not happy about his invention that made by mixing potassium and antimony and never patented, although many scientists friends encouraged him to do. He took the money and fame as the invention, and after his death in 1859, it was known that he was the first who created and sold.

Kalashnikov

The invention of more powerful automatic weapons in the world, did not bring something good's Mikhail Kalashnikov. He made AK-47 weapons while working as a designer for the Soviet Union in 1947.

This automatic rifle still held today by soldiers, freedom fighters, terrorists, smugglers and worldwide culprit. It is estimated that on earth there are about 100 million Kalashnikovs.

Kalashnikov-i worked in the Soviet Union this was never adjust, just a huge disappointment.

A few months before his death, in 2013, he wrote a letter to the Russian Orthodox Church which apologized for his invention because he felt responsible for numerous deaths of weapon.

Computer Mouse

Clicker that you made to read this article, you gift from Douglas Engelbart. He created the mouse in 1968 among other inventions as hypertext, split screens, and even video conferencing.

Although owns 20 patents for his inventions, Engelbart never had one for the mouse. He considered a tool to operate on his personal computer in 1964. But the company he worked for, "SRI", licensed mouse as an invention and then sold the "Apple" for 40 thousand dollars at the time, and no of them he went inventors.

Tetris

If there is still a famous video game nowadays, it's Tetris. The game has sold 7 million copies and produced billions of dollars since it was invented in 1984. But as the Kalashnikov-of, even its inventor, Alexey Pajutnov, was a citizen of the Soviet Union, then led by the Communist Party does not favor creating individual and considered all inventions as government property. The game spread to the West via the Game Boy, Nintendo, but Alexei saw no ruble.

The Soviet government promised reward, but it did not happen after the system came to an end. In 2004, he dropped to his mastery of creation, but then the game had finished fixing.

 Web

Tim Berners Lee was a young physicist working at Cern in Geneva, where in 1989 had the idea to create the world wide web (web). According to him, the program will serve to track complex relationships between people, ideas and community projects outstanding computer scientists. So, it would be personal use. Later in 1989, he proposed to create a common space where the information was available to everyone. He never did patented invention.