RE:Does Mineworx own any tech anymore...
They do, and actually with a patent granted recently, which makes the dry side quite protected and not limited to e-ming:
https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=mineworx.ASNM.&OS=AN/mineworx&RS=AN/mineworx