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...

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