"Jason J.G. White" <ja...@jasonjgw.net> writes: > On 18/3/24 14:49, Sébastien Hinderer wrote: > > I confess that the document felt too long for me to try to study it so I > am just passing the link,, with the hope that it wiill be of interest to > somebody on the list. > > This appeared in social media recently as well. Without commenting on that > particular proposal (or set of proposals), I can say the following. > > There have been many braille display cell technology proposals over the last > several decades, few of which have ever been developed into products, and > details of which can be found by searching a patent database. I've learned > to treat new such proposals with scepticism, at least until there's a > working prototype demonstrated publicly and a plausible plan to manufacture > a device.
And rightly so. The graveyard of failed projects is huge. And a few years ago, I think I even happened to cross paths with an outright scam. Besides marketing and a "demo" unit made of wood which only demonstrated the size of the planned device, there was never anything substantial. After some funding was acquired, the team suddenly vanished with no trace. I am deliberately not naming names, but you know who you are if you read this. It has become hard to decide if a "this should be cheaper and simpler" EE-project is worthy of support. -- CYa, ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
