First Sony strips the PSP of its Wi-Fi and now Nintendo's nixing GameCube compatibility on its redesigned Wii. Gaming's going down the drain for everybody whose name isn't Microsoft and Steam.

Usually we cover future tech that will make the world a better place. Today we pause to remember a few gadgets that never should have been. We get so much joy out of our gadgets, it's no wonder we look to them for health benefits, too. Whether it's a too-good-to-be-true weight loss miracle or just a way to make fitness more fun, gadgets add some color to an exercise routine. Yet sometimes those gadgets don't live up to their claims, and sometimes their whole idea is completely inane. Here we present the 10 most ridiculous health gadgets ever.

Nintendo's glasses-free 3DS hasn't even launched outside of Japan yet and the company is making waves across the game industry with the revelation that it has a similar tech in working prototype form on the Wii.

Last week, Netflix announced that streaming video on demand to a PlayStation 3 would no longer require a special disc be sitting in the disc tray at all times. Today, the same goes for the Nintendo Wii, which also ditched the disc requirement. Progress, certainly, but why did anyone ever have to use an optical disc to access network content at all?