computing history

Here at GeekTech we'll often cover future technology, but i's pretty uncommon for us to go back to the 1830s. In 1837, Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace began work on what they called the Analytical Engine, what would have been the World's first computer. Unfortunately, it was never completed. But one programmer and blogger, John Graham-Cunning, plans to rebuild the machine and get it running under the alias Plan 28.

The tech industry has seen more than its share of products and services that are ahead of their time. All of them flopped, but all of them also influenced the industry. This list should serve as a warning to those who think that being the first to think of something will lead to any easy road to success.