IEEE's Technology Winners & Losers of 2006

eldavojohn writes "As far as technologies go, there are clear winners and clear losers. This month's IEEE Spectrum issue contains an interesting list of winners and losers from 2006. Among the winners are a new radio technology, IP phone networks & memory technologies along with ethanol from sugarcane. Among the losers are tongue vision, LEDs in clothes, a flying car and ethanol from corn."

Losers

[Rik Sweeney]

Among the losers are [...] a flying car

Hopefully the day they become reality won't involve Emmett Brown jumping of a DeLorean and taking us Back To The Future.

An Aston Martin DB9 though...

Virtual chickens

[Bob54321]

These [ieee.org] have to be the best winner ever... I'm sure everyone else here wants a virtual flock of 16000 chickens.

"LEDs in Clothes" is a loser?

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

"LEDs in Clothes" is a loser? I'm guessing the authors haven't purchased young kids shoes recently; it's hard to find a pair of athletic shoes that DON'T come with LEDs.