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Google filed a patent for a battery pack with embedded heaters to increase life of the batteries in the pack

Cold temperatures have negative effects on battery packs. For example, lithium ion battery packs generally lose substantial discharge capacity at sub-freezing temperatures and are even…

Boeing patents an object transfer system to assist you while you carry your hand luggage on aircraft steps

At many airports, you need to climb the stairs carrying your hand luggage while boarding the plane. However, carrying luggage up or down a ladder…

Delivery via drones is expected to be widely used once legal hurdles are taken care of

Google X has program known as “Project Wing” that aims to produce drones that can deliver products sold via e-commerce. However, there are some concerns…

Google patents cyborg eyeball

After Google Glass and Google lens, Google goes further inside your eyes. Google filed a patent for an intra-ocular device that can connect to…

This Week in Patents – May 02 – 08

Human memories can now be stored on a chip

IBM has patented a technology that brings us closer than ever in capturing memories on a chip. Existing methods of storing information on chips are…

Clocks go the quantum way

Technology is fast catching up with the latest in science as quantum based technologies emerge. Now the ubiquitous clock which is the “heart” of every…

NASA invents Bug-Proof Airplane Wings

Flight tests have shown that insect impacts on wing leading edge surfaces can leave residue with critical heights sufficient to disrupt laminar flow and decrease…