Here is a patented supersonic aircraft from Airbus.
Month: August 2016
Event of the Day - Internaut Day [August 23, 1991]
On August 23, 1991, 25 years ago today, the World Wide Web was open to everyone. The term internaut is made from a combination of…
Disney invents multimedia paper books
Douglas Adams, the author of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy”, predicted eBooks way back in 1993. Since, the launch of Kindle in 2007, it…
Facebook plans to go ultra-local
Facebook is the most popular social network worldwide. In the second quarter of 2016, Facebook reached 1.71 billion monthly active users. It has been predicted…
Customized Drones: Sending the right drone for a job
That Amazon will soon deliver packages through drones is old news. What’s new though is that Amazon intends to build customized drones on the fly to…
Facebook is gearing for the future full of IoT devices
Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to change our world considerably. As more humans all across the world are getting Internet access, at the same…
Nike's invents T-shirt that stretches like human skin
Clothes are meant to be a second skin. While they provide protection from environment and enhance visual appeal, clothes are as much an approximation of…
This calculating machine eased the monotony of clerical work - This Day in Patent History
On August 21, 1888, William Seward Burroughs was issued four patents for the first successful “calculating machine.” Adding machines of his time were unreliable and…
Changing the Nashville Symphony floor
Changing the Nashville Symphony floor Here is a patent application for an innovative reconfigurable seating system for a concert hall. Patent Information Publication number: US20150345161…