"Howard" wrote in message
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A device that stops a blade within 5 ms of contact with human flesh.
Videos of operation at http://www.sawstop.com/home.htm (this site may
be 'slashdotted', so check back in a day or so if you can't see it).

This device was introduced in 2001, and was supposed to be
commercially available by 2003. The device is supposed to add about
$150 to the cost of a consumer-grade table saw or bandsaw.

This has been talked about here for quite a while, 3 or 4 yeare IIRC.

Gotta wonder, though... will this type of technology actually
*increase* injuries because of a reduction in respect for the tool?

Only for those that can find a way to get hurt by a saw that is not plugged
in. Does the safety on a gun make it more dangerous because it will
encourage you to look down the barrel of a loaded gun? If you are tye type
person that would not have some fear of a 3400 rpm blade because you know
that it will stop turning if you touch it, something else is going to get
you long bedor the saw will. Pedestrians always have the right of way on
the street. Those that practice that right over better judgement get hit by
cars. Like anything else in life, there are dangers all around us all the
time. The Saw Stop is designed to lessen the results of an accident, not
prevent the accident. If you think that it would make you less careful
around the saw, perhaps you should not be around the saw to start with.