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For me this is linked to the 19bn for WhatsApp. We only spend stupid amounts on IM apps when we think there is nothing else left to spend money on.

Its similar to the USPO comment at the end of the 19C - "Everything that can be invented has been invented". With that attitude you will sink your billions into anything - but this shows there is always scope (#) for invention and innovation.

(#) See what I did there.



This is pretty much Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's original microscope design (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leeuwenhoek_Microscope.png ) using modern materials. So in that sense, it has already been invented!

Which doesn't mean that it's not worthwhile & important of course: the reapplication of old technologies can lead to great things.




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