[phonon]

The demo he refers to was not (and could never be) an actual commercial product. It was stationary and the optics were 100x what could fit on a mobile device. What they eventually shipped had very little to do with the tech used in the private demo.

Turns out optical physics is not like software...

[shmatt]

Which makes another tweet of his even weirder. Someone questioned the plausibility of making that demo mobile

>it’s perfectly clear. Just not public.

https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/656667935205797888

The only difference between 2015 ML and Theranos is that faking tech in healthcare is just a lot more illegal.

If they promised investors there was a definite plan the demo becomes a real product, and knew thats a lie, could they sue?

[phonon]

I'm sure the VC with an MA in History asked the correct probing questions.

"Will you be scaling this down to mobile size/weight?"

"Yes."

Well, all done then...

Sure they could sue. And ruin the company, which already spent the money. Better to let it ride, at a minimum.