We have updated our Privacy Policy. Please review to learn more. By continuing to use our services, you agree to these updates.

patent

Latest in patent

A new Amazon patent describes how trolls and toxic gamers could be sequestered into their own matches full of other trolls.

Science & Energy

Amazon Patent Makes the Most Horrible Gamers Play With Each Other

By Dan Robitzski

A patent application from Microsoft describes a system that would read a person's brainwaves and mine cryptocurrency as a reward for completing tasks.

Microsoft Wants to Mine Cryptocurrency Using Your Brain Waves

By Dan Robitzski

A newly published Amazon patent that dates back to 2017 lays out plans for a ship-based launch system that whips paylods into space using a miles-long whip.

Amazon Patented a System That Literally Whips Stuff Into Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

A Navy researcher thinks he's created a room-temperature superconductor, and if he has, the device could radically change the world of energy.

US Military Files Patent for Room-Temperature Superconductor

By Kristin Houser

A new Apple patent depicts a sensor that would give iPhone and iWatches the ability to detect poisonous gases, such as carbon monoxide.

Apple Is Working on Tech That’d Let Your iPhone Detect Poison

By Kristin Houser

A new Microsoft patent for a circular input system could change how we type in virtual reality, making the process far more intuitive.

Virtual Reality

Typing in VR Sucks. Microsoft Has an Idea to Make It Better.

By Kristin Houser

UC Berkeley Finally Scores a Win With Two CRISPR Patents

Prosthetics and Devices

UC Berkeley Finally Scores a Win With Two CRISPR Patents

By Kristin Houser

Too Drunk to Drive? You Might Also Be Too Drunk to Ride in an Uber

Too Drunk to Drive? You Might Also Be Too Drunk to Ride in an Uber

By Kristin Houser

Amazon Wants to Help Crack Down on Crypto Crime — for a Price

Amazon Wants to Help Crack Down on Crypto Crime — for a Price

By Kristin Houser

patent ford autonomous vehicle artificial intelligence police

Artificial Intelligence

Ford Makes Plans for an Automated Police Car That Takes the Law Into Its Own Hands

By Chelsea Gohd

LG is Trying to Create a Phone with Screens on the Front and Back

Robots and Machines

LG is Trying to Create a Phone with Screens on the Front and Back

By June Javelosa

Google’s New Patent? Sticky Cars That Don’t Let Go of People They Run Over (No, Seriously)

Google’s New Patent? Sticky Cars That Don’t Let Go of People They Run Over (No, Seriously)

By June Javelosa

Samsung Files Patent For Smartwatch That Projects an Interface on Your Arm

Samsung Files Patent For Smartwatch That Projects an Interface on Your Arm

By Jelor Gallego

Google Wants to Inject Cyborg Lenses into Our Eyeballs

Google Wants to Inject Cyborg Lenses into Our Eyeballs

By Sarah Marquart

Google’s Future Delivery Drone Might Just Talk to You

Google’s Future Delivery Drone Might Just Talk to You

US Army Patents Transformative Self-Destructing Bullet

Robots and Machines

US Army Patents Transformative Self-Destructing Bullet

By Sarah Marquart