Tech Talk: Today's innovations came from yesterday's flops

By Mathew Dickerson
August 12 2019 - 5:00am
Ahead of its time: In 1982, the Sony Watchman was released as a portable TV on the back of the success of the Sony Walkman.
Ahead of its time: In 1982, the Sony Watchman was released as a portable TV on the back of the success of the Sony Walkman.

In technology and innovation, it can be as much about when as it is about what. Six years ago, I was involved with a charity event and a standard recipe for such an event was for an auctioneer to take the microphone and spend thirty minutes trying to extract money from wallets in the room. For people paying good money to attend an event, it seemed an unnecessary interruption to the night for the sake of fundraising.

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