Iris Recognition To Take Off

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like iris recognition is about to explode. Turns out, a major patent held by iris recognition leader Iridian is expiring, and that's leading a stampede of start-ups and VCs into this space."

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Re:You've gotta admit...

[Charles W Griswold]

Pick any major pharmaceutical that took >10 years to develop. I'm i'm Merck or GSK or Pfizer, why the hell would I spend tens of billions of dollars researching and getting FDA approval for a drug that my competitors can produce from the moment it's FDA approved?

Maybe because the government is paying for your drug research? Yes, boys and girls, the federal government pays for a lot of the drug research that the pharmaceutical companies do. When we ask why drugs cost so much, they whine and cry about the cost of drug research when in reality, we're the ones paying for it!

Don't believe me? Here's just one example, straight from the horse's mouth.

Some more examples:
CHALLENGE GRANTS: JOINT VENTURES IN BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
CHALLENGE GRANTS: BIODEFENSE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT"
CHALLENGE GRANTS: BIODEFENSE AND SARS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Drug Companies and the NIH

So don't go crying about how the drug companies need patent protection, or need to charge us so much, because I'm not listening. I know the truth.