Flash forward: the risky business of innovation

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For decades, Microsoft Research’s Bill Buxton has been tracking innovation through history –  online, Buxton maintains an archive of interactive devices, tracking how technology evolves. He’s a firm believer that the seeds of our most innovative ideas and products have been around for years, just waiting for the perfect storm of conditions that can turn a good idea into something more potent.

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