Re: Pointless?
It is aimed at NPE's Non Practicing Entities. Trolls whose only business is litigation, and 'Privateers' Non Practicing Entities whose patents are given to them by real technology companies so they can harass competitors.
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That article by David Rose is even worse than a typical Lewis Page article. Whereas Lewis Page takes a real piece of scientific research and then twists it to misrepresent what it says, David Rose invents his own research.
After Rose published this piece the Met Office put out a press release completely refuting it.
Before you believe anything Rose says you should watch this video by potholer 54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbn1rCZz1ow
potholer54 is a *proper* scientific journalist. Unlike Lewis Page he actually *reads* the scientific papers he is reporting on, and researches his stories. If you browse his YouTube page you will find pieces pulling apart some of Lewis Pages's stories too.
Since my own Mowbot is also getting a bit long in the tooth and a replacement is ruinously expensive the GAGA project is coming at just the right time for me.
With respect to the positioning problem. Any positioning system that is not accurate to within a few centimetres is simply not going to fly. You do not want your robot to fall into the pond or invade your flower borders because its positioning is a little out. The existing perimeter wire works well, but I notice the latest generation of Mowbots manage without the wire but instead have sensors to detect grass or not grass, and apparently can detect grass length.