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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by rl3 on Friday January 06, 2017 @07:05PM (#13341499)
For sure, but in this scenario I doubt snags pulling anything would be possible. In the video it was stopping the blade before it could even break the skin on fingertips.

If the safety mechanism failed though, the resulting injury would be far worse as a result of the gloves, so it might not be worth it in that regard.

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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by kobeya on Friday January 06, 2017 @08:20PM (#13341811)
The gloves could pull the hand along the trajectory of the blade.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by rl3 on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:36AM (#13342861)
Not if the gloves are conductive too.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by kobeya on Saturday January 07, 2017 @12:52PM (#13345466)
Most gloves make a point of not being conductive.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by rl3 on Saturday January 07, 2017 @09:21PM (#13347882)
Which would be why I explicitly suggested conductive gloves in my first comment.
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