Brit Gadget Grrrl blog Shiny Shiny has a great list of "gadgets that never quite made it", which makes a nice counterpoint to Rob's in depth "The 15 Dumbest Apple Predictions Of All Time" yesterday.
Of course, the jet pack is in there. As the never-materializing mascot of the future, how could it not be? The Shiny crew also call out Smell-O-Vision, which – given the kind of movies I watch on my nights of – I'm actually glad never made it to market. They also name the living-room PC:
That one might be a mistake. Just take a quick look around right now. Pretty much everyone of those little boxes is a stealth computer, and it's probably running Linux.
Where are my hover boots? Gadgets that never quite made it [ShinyShiny]
