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Apple patents suggest possible flip phone model coming to iPhone lineup
By James Allan Brady on Monday, Mar 17th 2008 No CommentsApple Patents hint at DVR with EPG going into iPod soon
By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Mar 13th 2008 No CommentsThe patent drawrings below hint at Apple releasing DVR and EPG (Electronic Programmable Guide) technology into the wild. Now it doesn’t say iPod, so they could implement it into OS X, into Apple TV or into what clearly looks like an iPod in the drawings.
Buffalo flash drives not coming to US after all – why’s everybody picking on Buffalo?
By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Mar 12th 2008 1 CommentIt seems that every time a major lawsuit is launched against a plethora of companies, Buffalo is the first to get hit. Like the one about the WiFi patents from Australia like a year or two ago, Buffalo got hit first and hardest, now SanDisk is suing everyone and their brother in a new flash drive lawsuit and Buffalo gets hit first.
MacBook Air Patents – ports! Lots and lots of ports!
By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Feb 28th 2008 2 CommentsThere is some indication in some Apple MacBook Air patents that they are looking to up the number of ports on the notebook from 4 to 7-8. One of the ports includes and integrated Ethernet adapter.
IP Donor Card – now all your ideas can be donated, to the public domain
By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Feb 28th 2008 2 CommentsDue to the horrible state of affairs of the copyright laws, no one can use your IP (intellectual property) for 70 years after your death. That means if you’ve copyrighted or patented part of a good idea that you were working on, no one else can work on it for 70 years.
Talking pill bottle patent describes mouthy meds
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Feb 13th 2008 No CommentsiVoice have been crowing happily [pdf link] about their latest patent, which describes a new way of pestering those on medication to pop their pills. Titled “Methodology for Talking Consumer Products with Voice Instructions via Wireless Technology”, it covers individual medication bottles that have a wireless chip, microprocessor and speaker built into them, and which are given unique instructions (dose, regularity, total number of pills) at the point of dispensing by a separate computer.
Eye Implantable Camera being developed
By Christina Crouch on Friday, Jan 25th 2008 1 CommentThere are not a lot of things that creep me out, but the short list of things that do are usually strange and improbable. The implantable bionic eye however, makes the list. I know it would be helpful but the thought just gives me the willies for some strange reason.
OLPC splinter-group promises $75 laptop rival
By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jan 10th 2008 No CommentsIn yet another bizarre twist to the unravelling OLPC saga, former-CTO Mary Lou Jepsen has established a rival company – Pixel Qi – and announced plans to develop and market a $75 laptop using low-power displays she patented while working on the One Laptop Per Child project.
Apple patent for Ultraportable MacBook docking in iMac-like base station
By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jan 3rd 2008 2 CommentsAn Apple patent for an iMac-like docking station lends further credibility to the ongoing rumor that the company is set to announce an ultraportable notebook in the near future, possibly even at the upcoming MacWorld expo. The patent (illustrated with this mockup image from Gizmodo) describes an base station with the same ports and connectivity as the current iMac, but with a large slot for the ultraportable MacBook to dock into on the side. This would then allow for a full-sized keyboard, large screen and other permanent peripherals to be easily added.
Lithium-Ion batteries receive 10x battery life boost
By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Jan 2nd 2008 No Comments
I don’t know much of anything about the science behind batteries, but I do know that a battery life boost of 10x is something I am very interested in. Apparently the gist of what’s needed to get that sizeable of a boost is to change the platform or anode from the carbon that is currently used to silicon, which is already in use in tons of other electronics in other capacities.
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