kestrell

One of the things I always say to tech innovators is that they should find a military use for their product and then pitch it to DARPA. Recently, I went to an MIT lecture by a chemical botanist on the science of scent, and was amused to hear him say that his project was funded by DARPA.

But I digress. The point of this post is that I came across this article on how WW1 caused the widespread adoption of the wristwatch which, until then, had been thought of as a cheap, lower class accessory for those who could not afford a pocket watch.
http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/trenchwatches.php#knowledgeforwar