Broken Tech Promises

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...

Whatever happened to true frictionless polymers?

• http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4166269/True-nonstick-polymer-eliminates-mechanical-friction

What about memristers?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memristor

Or PMCs?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_metallization_cell

Almost everlasting memory?

• http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2009/06/03/billion-year-ultra-dense-memory-chip/