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by crazygringo 267 days ago
I must be misunderstanding.

I still don't know what you're saying about this knife. All you say is:

> Similarly this isn’t “new technology” aside from the packaging of industrial technology into a chefs knife.

Which, yes that's the new part. That's not a trivial thing. It's a significant engineering achievement that took them years to figure out.

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"It's a significant engineering achievement that took them years to figure out."

More likely waited for patent to expire, as the ultrasonic scalpel has been around since at least 2002.