There are a number of inventions that could have turned up completely differently. Did you know for instance that iPhones were not supposed to have third-party apps? Or that Android was originally a technology for digital cameras?
There have been many accidental inventions throughout history, but these were actually built with a purpose in mind. They did go in a different direction in the end, but things could have been different if they didn't.
Intrigued? Click on to find out more about the technologies that almost turned out differently.