In the first case the patent offices around the world are littered with inventions that were not implementable for one reason or another and the patens simply expired, A new buggy whip produced from the latest in Bakelite technology (the forerunner of plastics) in the early 1900s suffered from two from two timing flaws: the onrush of the new era of automotive transportation and soon-to-emerge plastics industry sparked by Du pont Chemicals. Another aspect of this phenomenon is where the idea is great , but there is not enough supporting technology. The first computer was devised in the 19th century by Charles Babbage. However, it was assembled from mechanical gears and dials, required steam power to make it work, and was too cumbersome to carry around.