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An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in its historic rehearing of the Bilski case

An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in its historic rehearing of the Bilski case

Posted Apr 14, 2008 4:21 UTC (Mon) by nlucas (subscriber, #33793)
In reply to: An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in its historic rehearing of the Bilski case by Richard_J_Neill
Parent article: An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in Bilski case rehearing

Saw an interesting idea recently, which seems obvious, but have never seen anyone using it
earlier:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8SsGjjMEEDw

Uses technology that could be done 1000 years ago, but no one did it before (from my
knowledge).

Now, could this be patentable? I can imagine a full range of devices (maybe using optic
fibers) that would allow a lot of people to don't waste money on day lights (specially on warm
climates).


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