Microsoft Patents a Computing System That Uses Light From Transparent Displays as Its Processor
Instead of sending data through chips in the usual way, Microsoft is exploring whether the light emitted by a group of transparent…
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Microsoft Patents a Touchpad That Fakes the Feel of Different Surfaces
Microsoft is working on a laptop touchpad that doesn't just click, it could make your finger feel like it's dragging across sandpaper,…
Samsung Patents Tiny Glass Cuts That Stop Foldable Phone Screens From Cracking
Cracking glass is the nemesis of every foldable phone, and Samsung's answer is to engineer tiny, precisely sized gaps right into the…
Qualcomm Patents a Screen That Moves Buttons Out of the Way When You Fold It
Foldable phones are a hardware story that software keeps failing to finish. Qualcomm's new patent describes a system that automatically rearranges the…
Samsung Patent Shows Three-Panel Phone That Automatically Rearranges Apps When Unfolded
Samsung is thinking carefully about one deceptively hard problem with foldable phones: what happens to your apps when you unfold the thing?…
Qualcomm Patents a Hardware Chip That Decides Which Tasks Run First
Every time a processor juggles multiple tasks, software has to stop and figure out what's most urgent. Qualcomm wants a dedicated piece…
Samsung Patents Technology That Keeps 3D Scene Measurements Sharp During Fast Motion
Phones that understand depth in video have a dirty secret: the depth information is really only calculated for individual still frames, leaving…
Samsung Patents a Flexible Smartwatch Screen That Moves Notifications Based on Your Wrist Angle
Samsung is working on a smartwatch that knows which way your wrist is turned and shifts what appears on screen to match,…
Google Patents a Dual-Sensor Camera That Sharpens Only the Moving Parts
Google has filed a patent for a camera system that uses two sensors working as a team: a fast, low-resolution lookout that…
Qualcomm Patents a Fix for Out-of-Sync Video When Using Wireless Earbuds
Every wireless earbud adds its own tiny processing delay before you hear a sound, and that gap is exactly why lips on…
Samsung Patents a Component That Combines Wi-Fi Antenna and Laptop Cooling Vent
Samsung is trying to solve a quiet structural headache in laptop design: fitting a good wireless antenna into a chassis that also…
Nvidia Patents a Single AI Model That Controls Any Type of Robot
Teaching a robot to walk is hard enough. Teaching one AI model to walk a humanoid, trot a four-legged dog-bot, and roll…
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