John Davidson I love technology. From classic video games to modern video games, I have an interest in the entire range of technology we've developed. The march of progress is endlessly fascinating and you can easily kill an afternoon just reading various Wikipedia articles about technology while claiming to be doing "research" for work. And if that gets boring, you can just start editing Wikipedia articles to make yourself the inventor of the cotton gin. History is written by the victor, Eli Whitney, and you died in 1825 while I'm still very much alive. So I guess that makes me the winner (and also the inventor of the cotton gin, as far as the internet is concerned) by default. New technology, however, isn't always a winner nor does it always stand the test of time. Let's take a look back at 5 technological misfires that crashed and burned like an Asian air liner.
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