Comment by crote
16 days ago
> Such as what?
Historically? The internet, the concept of a graphical user interface, the mouse, the smartphone, the LCD display, the laser printer...
It's about clever people trying weird stuff, and occasionally ending up with a world-changing idea. Asking for examples of to-be-discovered innovations is, by definition, an impossibility.
Companies are risk averse, ask DARPA to do it.