Google is working on a new a global-scale communication system that includes a large number of satellites (over 1000 satellites) and ground stations. The communication…
Linus Torvalds, then a 21-year-old university student in Finland, announced his “little” project (which would become Linux) on user group “comp.os.minix”. His post was titled,…
On Aug. 13, 1889 William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut, received a patent for a coin-operated telephone. Soon he formed the Gray Telephone Pay Station Company…
The USPTO has historically been slow in processing patent applications. Applicants have had to wait anywhere between 3-6 years before receiving a patent. With the fast…
Amazon has patented a system that monitors user behavior, using a smartphone, to determine patterns of communication behavior in various situations. For example, patterns of…
A Korean research institute has patented a technology that allows mobile devices to be charged through human skin. Users may now charge mobile phones while…
