The original concept of patents wasn't supposed to be a rate-limiter on the diffusion of new technology. As noted here, a bad patent has resulted in badly designed, overpriced, insecure junk for...
The 1998 patent on "interactive virtual control of sexual aids" has expired, but that doesn't mean we should have a sex toy free-for-all.
The original concept of patents wasn't supposed to be a rate-limiter on the diffusion of new technology. As noted here, a bad patent has resulted in badly designed, overpriced, insecure junk for your junk, with little market penetration (see what I did there?).
Hopefully, it's time for a new era in reaching out and touching someone (which was still a telephone marketing slogan when the patent was issued).
I've got a growing line of work projects in telemedicine - so this is the missing piece in an end-to-end (!) remote suite for both causing and diagnosing heart attacks.
I've got a growing line of work projects in telemedicine - so this is the missing piece in an end-to-end (!) remote suite for both causing and diagnosing heart attacks.
I've been aware of teledildonics for a long time and I always wondered why it wasn't more widespread. I would have never dreamed that it was patented. EFF is completely right: it may be the most...
I've been aware of teledildonics for a long time and I always wondered why it wasn't more widespread. I would have never dreamed that it was patented. EFF is completely right: it may be the most rediculously broad patent ever to be granted.
The original concept of patents wasn't supposed to be a rate-limiter on the diffusion of new technology. As noted here, a bad patent has resulted in badly designed, overpriced, insecure junk for your junk, with little market penetration (see what I did there?).
Hopefully, it's time for a new era in reaching out and touching someone (which was still a telephone marketing slogan when the patent was issued).
I've got a growing line of work projects in telemedicine - so this is the missing piece in an end-to-end (!) remote suite for both causing and diagnosing heart attacks.
I've been aware of teledildonics for a long time and I always wondered why it wasn't more widespread. I would have never dreamed that it was patented. EFF is completely right: it may be the most rediculously broad patent ever to be granted.