Developed in the 1960's and 70's by La Monte Young, Phill Niblock and Charlemagne Palestine, it has since been overshadowed by the "repetitive" composers, Philip Glass and Steve Reich.
Renowned in his day — revered by Haydn and Mozart, and an influence on Beethoven — he has since been overshadowed by his father and his younger brother, Johann Christian, and even, for some listeners, by the fictional P. D. Q . Bach
But they had little appeal beyond a dedicated band of early adopters, and the PDA market has since been overshadowed by the rise of advanced mobile phones that offer similar functions, combined with communications.
A big hit at the time, its social message was to "strike a blow for the poor", The Chimes has since been overshadowed by A Christmas Carol, written a year earlier.
Although NetVibes was a pioneer in personalized widget homepages, it has since been overshadowed by iGoogle.
Loopt was one of the pioneers in the location space, but has since been overshadowed by rivals like Foursquare.
However, although his experimental findings remain important, Shepard's theoretical ideas have long since been overshadowed, in the development of the debate, by those of Kosslyn.
Hindsight being 20/20, the R600's display that looked so darn eye-opening in 2008 has since been overshadowed by brighter, sharper, faster transflective displays like those being developed by Pixel Qi, the manufacturer behind the doubletake-worthy screen found in the Innoversal Lattice Tablet, for instance.
But the impact of the Patco strike on Reagan's fellow Republicans has long since overshadowed his own professed beliefs regarding public sector unions.
The MOTOACTV was overshadowed a bit since it first appeared alongside the Droid RAZR, but it's a fairly nifty device in its own right.
