Posts Tagged ‘discontinuation’

You might remember the products. You might remember the hype. Then, you are tooling down highway 41 years later and all of a sudden you think to yourself – “Hey, whatever happened to…”

Failed ideas. Maybe it was a great idea, but wasn’t made right, or design errors brought it down. Maybe it was just a bad product. Well, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and see if we cannot repeat these errors again.

Oh yeah, why 16? Well because we could.

The Computer Watch: Whether it was the Ruputer, the MSN Direct ‘Smart’ Watches, the Timex Data Link Watch or another gadget watch – BTW – I remember having a “Transformers watch”. It was awesome!

Still, the Dick Tracey style communication watches, the “Computer on a wrist”, never really hit it off. I even remember a watch that gave you directions. You would put in the paper tape and turn a little dial to indicate where you are and where you are going.

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This week in Tech History, we look at the introductions of two items that are more Geeky than techie. The first is the introduction of Silly Putty in 1950. The second is the introduction of the game “Monopoly”. Both were a big part of my childhood.

Other items covered in this Week in Tech History – Artificial Hearts and Palm m105. The peaceful protest of the discontinuation of the Newton and Human Cloning. Also, we look at the Michelangelo virus and it’s supposed release date – which didn’t happen until the next year.

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