I've never really understood patents, but none of this seems really "novel" to me. I take it you said that backwards on purpose though as sarcasm? Applying br

I've never really understood patents, but none of this seems really "novel" to me. I take it you said that backwards on purpose though as sarcasm? Applying braking technology to a blade doesn't seem like that novel of an idea compared to detecting a finger touching metal through change in electrical resistance.