Go to Post Okay guys I am enabling the robot. Honestly I have know idea what it is going to do. SO MOVE!! - JulieB [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > Technical > Technical Discussion
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #8   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 08-09-2006, 10:30
Alan Anderson's Avatar
Alan Anderson Alan Anderson is offline
Software Architect
FRC #0045 (TechnoKats)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Posts: 9,113
Alan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Article on Skin sensing table saw

Quote:
Originally Posted by KenWittlief
...Making a saw that will sense fingers may not be the best answer (the power tool companies seem to agree, or they would have jumped at the chance to buy his patent)...
the idea that engineers in the power tool industry care more about law suits than user safety is absurd, and down right insulting. If your invention is a good idea you dont need a plane full of lawyers to force people to implement.
It's people in the power tool industry who pointed out the liability aspects if this invention were to be widely adopted. They're not engineers, they're "liability experts". You can dismiss their idea as absurd if you want, but the explanation seems entirely plausible to me.

Whether or not a flesh-sensing saw blade is the "best" answer is not important. The problem at the moment is that table saw manufacturers are not obviously taking any steps to advance the technology of user safety. SawStop has a proven technology. The only compelling reason the manufacturers give for not licensing it is economic, and I don't blame them for balking at an 8% royalty demand.
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
pic: 1141 gets under 379's skin CD47-Bot Extra Discussion 2 06-04-2004 09:27
AOL Instant Messenger Skin! Gadget470 General Forum 16 31-10-2002 00:03
What's Your Winamp Skin? Ryan Dognaux Chit-Chat 23 27-10-2002 15:34
Customizable Winamp3 Skin for Teams... Clark Gilbert Computer Graphics 3 07-10-2002 19:57
Who saw the FIRST article on wired.com? archiver 2001 6 24-06-2002 02:34


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:26.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi