A survey was recently conducted in Britain to find out the most hated inventions.
The most irritating invention was found to be the Karaoke machine: invented in 1971 by a Japanese musician called Inoue Daisuke, and brought to Britain by Ivor Arbiter and his daughter Joanne.
Here is what Kane Kramer (one of the directors of British [...]

Inventor: Howard Stapleton
Invention: The Mosquito
Inventor’s location: England
An invention is running into controversy. The Mosquito was invented by Howard Stapleton, of Merthyr Tydfil, after his 14-year-old daughter had to return home without shopping, because of rowdy teenagers. This invention produces noise