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"Beat them to this concept"? I can't even remember the first time I heard about this idea. 2003? 1995? I half-suspect I read about the idea in OMNI Magazine. I
by StrictDabbler 7y ago
"Beat them to this concept"? I can't even remember the first time I heard about this idea. 2003? 1995? I half-suspect I read about the idea in OMNI Magazine.
It's always been a question of when the supporting technology was going to be good enough to make it work. The idea has been around long enough for most of the early patents to expire.
- HUSSTECH 7y ago> It's always been a question of when the supporting technology was going to be good enough to make it work. Yep, I meant more along the lines of how you put it i.e. packaged up and ready to start selling it as a boxed-up/drop-in solution.
- perl4ever 7y agoIBM had a commercial years ago, probably intended to be based on RFIDs, but same concept. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvHK40N87mE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvHK40N87mE