Overhyped and never delivered: A brief history of innovations that weren’t

Posted by Brajeshwar on Friday February 17, 2023 @11:39AM
from the bigthink.com dept.

https://bigthink.com/the-future/brief-history-innovations-that-werent/

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Re:Overhyped and never delivered: A brief history of innovat... by noindiecred on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:38PM (#34837715)

Is… is that a drawing of Hyperloop at the top of the article?

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Re:Overhyped and never delivered: A brief history of innovat... by JohnFen on Friday February 17, 2023 @01:00PM (#34838038)

I think it's a drawing from the '20s. The hyperloop is just a rehashing of that stuff. Interestingly, that's one of the reasons we know the hyperloop isn't actually feasible -- a lot of work has been put into the idea from over a hundred years ago.

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Re:Overhyped and never delivered: A brief history of innovat... by entropicgravity on Saturday February 18, 2023 @12:30PM (#34848851)

A self referencial article.

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