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Sony patent app hints at future thin camera design

, Feb 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

I am all for thin electronics to a point. If you go too thin some gear can be hard to grip and that can be bad news if you drop the device. A patent app has surfaced from Sony that shows a novel way to create a grip for a thin camera when the lens cap is open. Read The Full Story

Apple Patent Application Suggests Hover Sensing

, Jan 13th 2011 Discuss [4]

Next step, Marty McFly and the Hoverboard! No, not actually, this is a patent application for what appears to be "Touch and hover sensing." What the what? That sounds pretty fancy. In the app, they speak of a sort of capacitive sensor array that not only responds to signals that are touching the surface, but hovering on either side of it - YES, both above and behind! They mention that the shield that would be behind (aka this would be the non-screen side of the iPad,) could be enhanced by an AC ground shield that would be attached to the back. What would you even do back there? I don't know, put your hand into a virtual reality screen making it look like a robot hand? Hey! Good idea! Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 48 2010

, Dec 5th 2010 Discuss [0]

Welcome to the latest edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! Apple rejected an app for inclusion on the App Store this week because it was a magazine app about Android. The publisher of the app said that the person at Apple he spoke with said, "You know… your magazine. It’s just about Android…. we can’t have that in our App Store." A report came in early in the week that Windows Phone 7 was outsold by Android devices 15:1 in the UK. The revelation came by way of an aggregator of store deals in the UK called MobilesPlease. Read The Full Story

Apple Looking at Carbon Fiber for the Next iPad

, Nov 18th 2010 Discuss [8]

Based on a new patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week, Apple has been playing around with the idea of using carbon fiber for a little extra strength protection for their mobile devices. And, if the application is any indicator, Apple may be thinking that the iPad could be the first device to feature the new, reinforced housing. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Seeks Patent to Use DS for Shopping Lists in Wireless Shopping Network

, Oct 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Nintendo's plans for the DS were grand. They didn't just want another mobile video game console, where only gamers were attracted to it. They wanted their device, and all of the subsequent hardware releases since then, to be carried around everywhere, no matter what the person was doing. This new patent that Nintendo is aiming for would help that case, by allowing users to build a shopping list that would connect to a wireless shopping network, and ultimately bring a new and interactive way for shoppers to find their goods. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Aims for Dynamic Keyboard Patent

, Oct 14th 2010 Discuss [3]

There are plenty of options out there fore keyboards. Especially for people who play PC games, or use their keyboard mainly for business. Interchangeable keys are a good options, even if it is still somewhat expensive for the extra keys. But, that's a lot of switching things around, so what can you do if you just want to use one keyboard, but want it to be a bit more . . . dynamic? Microsoft is seeking a patent for what they're calling a dynamic keyboard that would feature keys that change functions based on what you need, when you need it. Read The Full Story

Nike files patent app for self-lacing shoes, Doc Brown not listed as an inventor

, Aug 26th 2010 Discuss [1]

I really wanted three things from the movie Back to the Future II. I wanted that DeLorean, the hover board, and those Nike shoes that laced themselves. Decades later, I still have none of the three. Nike has filed a patent app that may finally put those sweet shoes on my feet. Read The Full Story

Microsoft patent app for sweet remote control surfaces

, Jul 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

There are a bunch of tech inventions that most of us couldn't live without. Things like the mobile phones, the DVR, and the remote control. Back in the days before the remote control, you had to do the unthinkable, get up and walk across the room to change channels. Or do like my dad and make your kids change channels for you. Read The Full Story

Motorola patent app turns up showing 3D image rendering flip phone

, Apr 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

3D is huge right now and will continue to be one of the new technologies that drive people to upgrade computers and TVs over the next year. 3D will also be coming to more than just the living room or PC with several other devices getting 3D too. Read The Full Story
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