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I'm curious how they were able to patent a technique invented by nature millions of years ago.
by amelius 9mo ago
I'm curious how they were able to patent a technique invented by nature millions of years ago.
- jjtheblunt 9mo agothe displays have an array of switchable mirrors individually addressable, unlike nature in this case. (but sort of like chromophores in an octopus or cuttlefish, perhaps).
- amelius 9mo agoI see, but those MEMs mirrors were already invented.
- moron4hire 9mo agoInventions can be useful recombinations or applications of other inventions. They don't need to be wholly unique unto themselves. Indeed, the vast majority of them are not wholly unique.
- amelius 9mo agoWe're talking about a millions year old invention here.
- Dylan16807 9mo agoAs far as the patent system is concerned, 20 years and a million years are the same thing. If you combine some million year old things in a new way, you can get a patent.