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but then they wouldn't be able to patent it

Summary
Nintendo have filed and received a patent for what appears to be a standard potentiometer based joystick with an added variable resistance mechanism based on a magnetic field and a "magnetorheological fluid." 



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From my reading this seems to be intended to allow for a much stronger return spring while preventing rapid oscillation after a user releases the stick. It is unclear if Nintendo intends this to mitigate stick drift or if its just there for a stronger spring or some sort of forced feedback system.
 
This might also not be a good thing for the longevity of the joystick as magnetorheological fluids are vulnerable to degradation through use.
per Wikipedia:
 
Sources
 https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20230280848 - US Patent and trademark office
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetorheological_fluid#Limitations

but then they wouldn't be able to patent it

yes but also no, The system Nintendo has patented works more like a limited slip differential. Its not dust, but microparticles suspended in a surfactant. Kinda like ferrofluid but the particles are MUCH smaller. There is also no way for the system to put a force on the stick with these two extra parts, they only resist motion or so it seems.

but then they wouldn't be able to patent it

Summary
Nintendo have filed and received a patent for what appears to be a standard potentiometer based joystick with an added variable resistance mechanism based on a magnetic field and a "magnetorheological fluid." 



Quotes
 
My thoughts
From my reading this seems to be intended to allow for a much stronger return spring while preventing rapid oscillation after a user releases the stick. It is unclear if Nintendo intends this to mitigate stick drift or if its just there for a stronger spring or some sort of forced feedback system.
 
This might also not be a good thing for the longevity of the joystick as magnetorheological fluids are vulnerable to degradation through use.
per Wikipedia:
 
Sources
 https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20230280848 - US Patent and trademark office
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetorheological_fluid#Limitations

but then they wouldn't be able to patent it

but then they wouldn't be able to patent it

but then they wouldn't be able to patent it

https://www.eveonline.com/article/popydg/eve-aether-wars-round-one
On Wednesday, Hadean technologies with the help of CCP games demoed the Aether engine at GDC.
The aether engine has the capability to dynamically spread the compute load for online MMO game servers over multiple compute servers in the cloud as more players come online.
The live demo took 3,852 live human players and added 14,274 AI clients to push the aether tech to its limits
More reading on the even and the engine as a whole can be found on Hadean Tech's blog
PCGamesn article
mmorpg article
CCP games' official post

unless any trickery was set up on the nas, you computer will be running the file locally and not off the NAS, for optimal speed and lowest latency I would recommend always storing the files for a program you are executing localy

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