Comments on: Lasers used for reverse engineering old parts

By: kneeslider

kneeslider — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:08:43 +0000

Already mentioned that problem in my post on perpetual motorcycles. I've commented on the problem of other countries, specifically China, copying so much of the what we and others invent. That issue has to be dealt with in some fashion but I do not think stopping technologies that will help us is the answer. For my China comments, check the China category at left.

By: Prester John

Prester John — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:54:19 +0000

Think of the possibilities indeed. Three months after the latest and greatest R&D goes production in Japan, precise, complete copies can go on sale in China. This is better than the old fashion industrial espionage method of slowly smuggling blueprints out of the originator’s factory, and way, way better than buying design rights to obsolete models.