I've heard talks by Alan Kay where he also decries that lack of research in Universities: They aren't exploring new hardware or new OSes. He talks about how at

I've heard talks by Alan Kay where he also decries that lack of research in Universities: They aren't exploring new hardware or new OSes. He talks about how at PARC they built computers that were 5 to 10 years ahead of their time in terms of speed and functionality, and could therefore explore a different set of ideas w.r.t the interaction with the user.