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Apple’s Mountable Sports Camera Patent brings panic over GoPro’s fate
Good news for Apple fanatics, bad news for GoPro. Apple has received a patent for its mountable sports camera. The camera can be used by sports aficionados for recording their skateboard tricks, deep sea diving, and mountain climbing. The sports camera can be controlled remotely by a smartwatch; the application included a Kodak patent which…
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Apple patents solar-powered MacBook with dual-sided screen
A new patent was granted to Apple by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday that indicates the company might offer MacBooks in the future with a built in solar charger. The 31 page patent document named ‘Electronic device display module’ intricately explains two-sided display for the lid of a portable computer similar to…
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Google Glass Patent shows add-on kits to be made available for those with prescription glasses
The latest on the Google Glass front is a real sight for sore eyes. Google Glass kits will also become easily available for those require prescription glasses. This might be something we naturally assumed seeing has a larger portion of the world population does wear specials, myself included in that survey. The new add on…
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Microsoft patents virtual page turning animation
Back in 2009, Microsoft filed a patent suggesting that the idea of a virtual page turning animation was developed by them, was filed. It seems that it was among the many prequels of events that took place during the planning days of Microsoft Courier. Also called as the page curling animation, it can also be…
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HTC Patents anti-shake video viewing
Watching a movie on your smartphone cannot be such a smart idea after all, especially if your phone doesn’t have some coon anti-shake video viewing. HTC has managed to master the art of showing you your videos without straining your eyes too much, and it seems to work pretty fine for them. In fact, being…
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Apple’s new patents will enable easier parking, gesture controls and solar chargeable iPhones
Apple’s got a whole new barrel of patents filed for things that range from finding parking space for your car and solar charging. I like the last one. On this list of patents filed is a system called “Kinematic” input which involves motion and gesture based control for Apple devices. This would be handy for…
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Apple’s 3D head-tracking technology will let doctors get into your head
Apple’s developers and engineers must be working some serious overtime as patents seem to be flying out in all directions from the fruity company. The latest is for the doctors and involves 3D head-tracking. The technology seems like it was designed especially for the health-care pros and will make viewing CAT scans, MRI scans, anatomical…
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MS Developers of Electromyography (EMG) interactive gesture tech say, it’s in the hands
Just a little while ago I was talking about some guys who designed a gesture controlled mobile device, but Microsoft engineers are taking gesture control to a whole new level by developing interactivity with devices without the use of any input devices whatsoever. The system, called Electromyography, or EMG — a system that translates electrical…
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3D displays from Apple could give users a future with a better ‘perspective’
Three dimensional viewing on your TV, computer and even 3D camera technology are the new trend and Apple is not far behind in their research to provide their beloved users with that technology. The company has a few patent applications that have recently surfaced that showcase 3D displays. This technology will make designers feel a…
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Apple’s patent application hints at iTunes Kiosk
If Apple decides to work more on the recent patent application, we could be soon seeing Apple iTune Kiosks for local and remote media downloading in public areas such as airports, malls, hotels and even public transportation. Consumers who are always on the run can browse selective and popular media from these kiosks. They can…
