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0 pointsamelius4mo ago0 comments

I'm curious how they were able to patent a technique invented by nature millions of years ago.

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jjtheblunt4mo ago· 2 in thread

the displays have an array of switchable mirrors individually addressable, unlike nature in this case.

(but sort of like chromophores in an octopus or cuttlefish, perhaps).

ameliusOP4mo ago

I see, but those MEMs mirrors were already invented.

moron4hire4mo ago

Inventions can be useful recombinations or applications of other inventions. They don't need to be wholly unique unto themselves. Indeed, the vast majority of them are not wholly unique.

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