Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 10:48am
During a recent company presentation, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son made a claim to a piece of technology that already appears to be a part of the Google Glass feature set.
Patents stories
Saturday, March 9, 2013 - 4:00pm
The company just patented a system for buying and selling of digital media.
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 4:15pm
Need cash fast and can't find an ATM? Apple's got a patent that could turn strangers into walking ATM machines.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 3:08pm
Apple has filed a patent application for a system that stores excess energy when the wind is strong, and dishes it out again if the wind dies.
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 1:47pm
If Northrop Grumman has this airplane flying around right now, patents like these are our only clue that it exists. This particular drawing shows one of Northrop's "Next-Generation Bomber" patents, an evolution of the B-2 Spirit. The most notable new feature? Those little retractable mustache-canards. Adorable!
Sunday, December 9, 2012 - 7:56am
What could make frequent sparring partners Apple and Google finally come together? According to Bloomberg News, the move is part of a deal to purchase some 1,100 Kodak patents — offered as part of Kodak's bankruptcy liquidation, announced last year. The patents involve the capture, manipulation and sharing of digital images and the offer for the portfolio is estimated at $500 million.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 11:18am
Advertisements that use eye tracking and facial recognition to target ads toward consumers appear to be an inevitable part of the future of public spaces. But if one major cable and wireless provider has its way, this innovation could eventually make it into your living room.
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:22pm
Sony's new patent application puts a new spin on a Nintendo idea that never quite saw release. Sony is running with the idea of biometric feedback, seeking a controller that provides force feedback well beyond a rumble pack.
Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 3:55pm
Samsung has filed for a patent for "An apparatus and method (to) summarize a user's daily life information." The patent goes on to detail its "story generator," which hopefully churns out less wooden language than the patent application itself.
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 1:02pm
Here's an absolutely brilliant idea from Apple: imagine if you had a bunch of different gadgets, and imagine if they could all somehow be powered by batteries that were rechargeable and all interchangeable with one another. How awesome would that be? Super awesome! If only we'd thought of it a long time ago.
