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The demo he refers to was not (and could never be) an actual commercial product. It was stationary and the optics were 100x what could fit on a mobile device.
by phonon 5y ago
The demo he refers to was not (and could never be) an actual commercial product. It was stationary and the optics were 100x what could fit on a mobile device. What they eventually shipped had very little to do with the tech used in the private demo.
Turns out optical physics is not like software...
- shmatt 5y agoWhich makes another tweet of his even weirder. Someone questioned the plausibility of making that demo mobile >it’s perfectly clear. Just not public. https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/656667935205797888 https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/656667935205797888 The only difference between 2015 ML and Theranos is that faking tech in healthcare is just a lot more illegal. If they promised investors there was a definite plan the demo becomes a real product, and knew thats a lie, could they sue?
- phonon 5y agoI'm sure the VC with an MA in History asked the correct probing questions. "Will you be scaling this down to mobile size/weight?" "Yes." Well, all done then... Sure they could sue. And ruin the company, which already spent the money. Better to let it ride, at a minimum.