Once considered innovative, products like the Apple Newton, Laser Disk and Sound Burger took a nose-dive, but are now on display at Hollywood’s new ‘Museum of Failure.

Ahead of its time... Loser of a format war... A bad idea... And a game so BAD that Atari reportedly buried thousands in the desert.

These are some of the hundreds of famous product fiascos on display at the Museum of Failure, a new exhibition in Hollywood, a town known for its own share of flops.

As innovation evolves into irrelevance, these items offer a glimpse back at how companies try to anticipate or catch up to rapidly changing consumer behaviors.

Many of these failed innovations precede great success. Take the Apple Newton. The first handheld smart device and predecessor of the Palm Pilot and eventually the smartphone.

And then there's the laser disk, which came fore the DVD frenzy.

And perhaps some of the more recent failures might help predict the gadgets of the future.