The blazing pace of technological innovation is astonishing, and the fierce competition means that the majority of new products are left biting the pixelated dust. In the tech world, even the largest and most successful companies often flirt with failure before coding the next big thing.
DIGITAL DISASTERS
OUYA crashed on junk hardware, laggy controls, weak games, and delays. It disappeared fast.
Great idea! For $9.95 per month, subscribers could watch a movie per day at their local cinema. The MoviePass business model was too good to be true.
These wifi-connected buttons could order everything from condoms to cat food. Even toilet paper.
The idea was that people on the go would pay for yet another streaming service to watch short 5 -10 minute episodes on their phones.
Apple USB Mouse was commonly called the "Hockey puck” because of its unusual round shape.
This keyboard was much thinner than earlier designs, but the construction was fragile and unreliable.
The innovative AI technology for improved video calling received good reviews, but the innovation failed because of a lack of trust.
Minitel can best be described as a French version of the internet before the internet existed.
The hope was the Power Glove would make virtual reality an actual reality. The actual reality being… it did virtually NOTHING.
“If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.”
Ken Robinson.
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An integrated digital patient record system would reform the way that the NHS uses information technology.
Facebook Gifts was a clumsy attempt at e-commerce by a company desperate to start making money.
