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== The graveyard of new technology ==
Don't you love reading about a new technological breakthrough. How it'll change the way $EVERYDAYTHING will work, and will be commercially viable within a few years... 

...and then, half a decade or a decade down the track, you remember... and wonder... 


== 2001 ==

Whatever happened to true frictionless polymers? (see also: [[Frictionless]]
* http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4166269/True-nonstick-polymer-eliminates-mechanical-friction


Or PMCs?
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_metallization_cell


== 2008 ==
What about memristers?
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memristor


Racetrack memory!
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack_memory


== 2009 ==

Almost everlasting memory? (2009)
* http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2009/06/03/billion-year-ultra-dense-memory-chip/

== 2012 ==
* Cooling LEDs
http://www.lighting.co.uk/news/mit-creates-led-that-cools-its-surrounding-environment/8627537.article