yeah, I agree with the absurdity of patent law, fo' sho'.  And I think the patent was approved!  I wonder how much that whole process cost...<br><br>I was mostly surprised by the number of previous attempts, as I hadn't heard of most of these, even after a lot of google-digging.  As for the distance indicator, the prior art seems to suggest it doesn't work very well.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Adam Skory <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:askory@gmail.com">askory@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I really really don't understand patent law, finding so much of it<br>
absurd, in fact.<br>
<br>
I wonder if this patent application will be approved, as people have<br>
clearly done all the things they're talking about prior to may last<br>
year, except perhaps the one pager motor on the chest to indicate<br>
distance to destination.<br>
<br>
Interesting anyway, thanks for the link, Todd!<br>
<br>
-Skory<br>
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On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Todd Anderson <<a href="mailto:tanders@stanford.edu">tanders@stanford.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=NgiqAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=%22wearable+tactile+Navigation+System%22&source=bl&ots=xG_M5_DAkQ&sig=VoNJKmV0UJkdQuxYEOCLNnKCX5k&hl=en&ei=ktL0SdH1KpC6tgPWt_HTCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPA1,M1" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/patents?id=NgiqAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=%22wearable+tactile+Navigation+System%22&source=bl&ots=xG_M5_DAkQ&sig=VoNJKmV0UJkdQuxYEOCLNnKCX5k&hl=en&ei=ktL0SdH1KpC6tgPWt_HTCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPA1,M1</a><br>

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> The prior art section is quite extensive.<br>
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