RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Share Price"somehow it morphed into somethinhg like 27 parts!!! and was abandoned"
That's not quite accurate.
The switches had only one moving part. It was a simple guillotine type mechanism where a blade just blocked and unblocked the light beam.
It was touted as a much safer design than conventional switches due to the lack of electricity involved. Then they realized that with the level of safety we now have in our world, nobody is concerned about safety. In other words, there aren't enough people getting killed to make customers look out for better alternatives to the traditional technology.
They were also looking at the marine market. Corrosion in electrical switches is a big problem. Since the switches Photon designed used 100% plastic parts, they were immune to the effects. There was even a joke that the switch would actually work better if it was totally submerged!