Tag Archive for 'patent'
I’m always impressed by network engineers. I’ve set up a few wireless networks myself, and done a little troubleshooting for friends who are having connection issues, but I’d never dare call myself anything other than a beginner (or “a beginner who recognises some of the words but otherwise hasn’t a clue” perhaps). Harder than fixing [...]
I believe that I have discovered the greatest cellphone patent ever. Imagine if you were on the phone with someone that just won’t stop talking. Now imagine that you could simply press a button to have the phone tell them to basically shut their trap.
These days, the single most important feature in a cell phone has to be the battery life. Yes, a good camera and 3G connectivity are great, but if your phone is dead, you won’t be taking any pictures. What if you could charge your cell phone just by carrying it around all day?
Apple already has some of the thinnest laptops around, with the Macbook measuring and 1.08” and the Macbook Pro and an even inch, but Apple R&D seems to think they can do better. Until now, the biggest obstacle has been the optical drive. According to two recent patent applications from Apple, they are developing a [...]
David Hatherall has done a helluva lot of research about pacemakers. You know, those little buggers that go into people who have heart conditions? Hatherall has figured that soon we might have pacemakers that are free of batteries. There is even one that is being developed by the government, at the moment.
New batteries need to [...]
MYiPhone are reporting on the latest Apple patent, which directly refers to a compact music player and cellphone encased in radio wave-friendly zirconia. The sketches that accompany the August 6th submission point to a design similar to this concept:
I don’t want to be a rubbishy old misery-guts, but I have to say that I’m not [...]
If filing for patents wasn’t such a pain in the ass, I’d be starting to wonder whether Apple was thinking up new “could it be a touchscreen iPod?!” concepts and putting them through the system just to keep people’s anticipation high. Seriously, they must have their patent lawyers as number one speed-dial. The latest to [...]
