What if the integrated circuit had gone differently?

A whole circuit etched onto one chip of silicon, the thing that makes electronics shrink and cheapen forever.

If it had gone differently: Electronics stay built from discrete parts, wired by hand; the computer never leaves the air-conditioned room.

1. 1957The first satellites, Space stays out of reach; there is no satellite weather, no global live television, no GPS.
2. 1977The personal computer, Computers stay institutional machines; there is no home computing, no software industry, no user base for a web.
3. 1983The mobile phone, The phone stays tied to the wall; being reachable anywhere, and the always-on culture that follows, never arrives.