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I'm curious if this will fall victim to the same regulatory nightmares Buckyballs is currently facing. [1] Though Sugru is clearly more than just a 'toy'. [1]
by awor 13y ago
I'm curious if this will fall victim to the same regulatory nightmares Buckyballs is currently facing. [1]
Though Sugru is clearly more than just a 'toy'.
[1]http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardlevick/2013/11/25/buckyballs-stones-enough-to-fight-back/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardlevick/2013/11/25/buckyba...
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- adventured 13y agoThe US Government (Consumer Product Safety Commission) destroyed Buckyballs strictly out of spite / vindictiveness. I suspect all Sugru has to do is bow down to the regulators if they come knocking (and as you noted, the tool aspect of it makes the case even easier).
- polemic 13y agoDon't be so dramatic. Governments around the world shut it down because kids kept getting horrific internal injuries from them. Note that it's not their fault that irresponsible people let children play with them, but there was a greater good served.
- robbiemitchell 13y agoIt's not just that they took down buckyballs. It's that they're going after the founder personally for $50 million after he taunted them. http://beforeitsnews.com/libertarian/2013/10/from-the-angry-makers-of-forbidden-buckyballs-liberty-balls-2530342.html http://beforeitsnews.com/libertarian/2013/10/from-the-angry-...
- jrockway 13y agoWait until you hear how many kids get killed every year by handguns. Those put little magnets to shame in terms of killing power.
- drivingmissm 13y agoChildren ingesting magnets is growing problem that can be fatal. For use in a household setting, it is irresponsible to sell smooth, shiny magnets that are of a size that can be swallowed. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/GeneralPediatrics/40894 http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/GeneralPediatrics/408...
- scdoshi 13y agoNo, it's irresponsible to BUY magnets that are smooth, shiny and of a size that can be swallowed. If you have children in the house.
- marshray 13y agoWhat makes you think I'm not buying them to use in the shop or at work? There are many industrial uses for such a basic part. Yes, it's irresponsible to let them get anywhere near children, this includes in the house where they will get all over. They work great on refrigerators. That is until you overload them with pictures and art at which point they fall off and roll away to stick somewhere at baby level that won't be touched by a broom (ask me how I know). It's also irresponsible to market them as toys. They seem approximately as dangerous as deceptively innocent looking razor blades. What we need are magnetic toys which are equally or more fun to build with while being simultaneously less attractive to ingest. Surprised the market hasn't come up with something yet.
- tptacek 13y agoI don't know. It's an interesting question. Will doctors increasingly start appealing to the CPSC as a result of repeated surgeries resulting from sugru? Because that's what started the CPSC "Buckyball" investigation: doctors, complaining about having to open up the intestines of children to recover magnets.