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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by sokoloff on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:49PM (#39985853)
What is toxic about their behavior? It seems like they genuinely invented the mousetrap for this particular type of mouse and wanting to be paid for that invention seems commercial rather than inherently toxic.
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by ikekkdcjkfke on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @01:17PM (#39993225)
An ancestor comment mentioned a patent using electricity to detect flesh in sheep sheerers from 1982...
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by GuB-42 on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @05:32PM (#39995949)
Detecting flesh using electricity probably dates back from the voltaic pile, more than 200 years ago.

But it wasn't used to stop sawblades. How to reliably detect flesh without too many false triggers, do it fast enough, on a spinning blade, and as part of a complete system that includes the brake and actuation mechanism. That's what the patent is about, not the vague idea of using electricity to detect flesh.

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