Right now we are in a golden era of “Why the F*ck not?” where science and technology are concerned.  I’m not entirely sure if this is simply because the internet makes it easy to see (and crowd-fund) the thousands of tech projects out there, or if, dollar for dollar people are trying more and more things with a high risk of failure.  The thing is though, even if those things fail, they are a stepping stone, a puzzle piece.  The technology of a failed start-up can (and often is) be bought up by someone who has another innovation to mesh with it and we move a little further along the development path.