Sony Patents a Robot Hand That Corrects Its Own Grip by Sensing Pressure
Inserting a small part into a tight socket is one of the hardest things for a robot to do reliably. Sony's new…
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Nvidia Patents a Circuit Design That Splits Complex Math Across Specialized Chip Hardware
Nvidia has filed a patent describing a way to break complex mathematical operations across different types of chip circuitry, then stitch the…
Apple Patents a Light-Based Memory System for High-Powered Computing
Apple is filing patents on memory systems that route data using light instead of electricity, a shift that could matter enormously as…
Apple Patents a Chip That Frees Stuck Memory Automatically When Apps Stall
When your phone's processor runs dozens of tasks at once, it can run out of the small memory slots each task needs,…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Stops AI Apps From Overheating Your Phone
Running multiple AI models on a phone at the same time generates serious heat. Qualcomm has filed a patent for a system…
Xilinx Patents an ML System That Sorts Chip Test Results Automatically
Verifying a chip design means running thousands of tests and then manually sorting the results, a process so tedious that engineers often…
Apple Patents a Foam-Filled Eartip Designed to Fit More Ears
Getting earbuds to seal properly in every ear shape is one of the oldest headphone problems around, and Apple's latest patent filing…
Apple Patents a Sliding Cover That Hides a Device's Charging Port
Apple is working on a way to hide charging ports behind a slim sliding cover that snaps into place and keeps out…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Stop Video Encoders from Fetching Data Across Two Chips at Once
Every time a video encoder copies a patch of image from one part of a frame to compress another, it has to…
Microsoft Patents a Memory-Access Rule That Speeds Up Video Encoding Chips
Every time you stream a video or join a video call, a chip somewhere is frantically copying blocks of pixels around to…
Samsung Patents a Projector That Automatically Frames Its Own Picture
Keystone correction has been a manual chore for decades. Samsung's new patent describes a projector that reads the wall in front of…
Google Patent: Robots Obeying Open-Ended Object Commands Without Hardcoded Vocabulary Lists
Most robots today need to be trained on every object they'll ever touch. Google's new patent describes a system that lets a…
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