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16 Tech Innovations that didn’t quite stick

June 30th, 2009 | Author: Jeffrey Powers

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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Ep. #51 9-17-08 – No Illness will bring the show down.

September 16th, 2008 | Author: Jeffrey Powers

Sick Weekend – Oct 1st is 1 year Podcast mark – Paythefan at 91%

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Ep. #50 – 9-10-08 – Lots of news and info on forums

September 9th, 2008 | Author: Jeffrey Powers

Visitor Spike – New Forum – Football Week 1 – Funny Scam Email – Nominate on People Choice Pod – Sept 15th

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