The Pace of Innovation From Railroads to AI

The Pace of Innovation From Railroads to AILooking at major technologies to see how long it takes for a prototype to achieve widespread usageRussell Salsbury14 min read·Just nowJust now--Press enter or click to view image in full sizeVideo Telephone, Jean-Marc Côté’s 1899 illustration of the smart phone in 2000, public domainIf not a Medium member click here to view the story.Two years ago Lannie Rose wrote a fun article, The Fastest Tech in the West. She used Copilot to estimate the time from the first com ...