{
  "id": 7375813,
  "title": "20 inventors whose inventions were used in ways they never intended",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/20-inventors-whose-inventions-were-used-in-ways-they-never-intended",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-14T18:49:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/inventions-used-ways-never-intended"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "These 20 inventions were used in ways their creators never intended, from a wartime weapon to a global soft drink and the modern internet",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}