Amazon Patent Teaches Robotaxi AI to Flag Unfamiliar Objects It Cannot Identify
Most AI systems will confidently misidentify something they've never seen before rather than admit uncertainty. Zoox is filing a patent for a…
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Adobe Patents a System That Catches When Co-Editors Fall Out of Sync
When two designers edit the same file at the same time, how does anyone know they're actually looking at the same thing?…
Patent: Brain-Reading Safety Check Could Stop Mind-Controlled Devices From Going Haywire
What if your brain-computer interface could act on a thought you didn't actually mean to send? Sony is patenting a device designed…
Apple Patents a Fix for When Your Hands Disappear Behind Virtual Objects
Anyone who has used a mixed-reality headset has run into this: you reach toward a virtual window or panel, and your hand…
Meta Patent Lets Smartwatch Users Trigger Smart Glasses Camera With a Tap
Imagine tapping a friend's photo on your smartwatch and having your AI glasses instantly snap a picture and send it to them.…
Tesla Patents a Rapid Hot-Cold Testing System for Vehicle Components
Before any part goes into a Tesla, it has to survive the temperature equivalent of a polar plunge after a sauna. Tesla…
Zoox Patents a System That Teaches Robotaxis Which Tiny Moving Objects to Ignore
A plastic bag blowing across an intersection is not the same as a child running into the road, but a self-driving car's…
IBM Patents a Self-Driving Car That Reads Your Brain to Decide What to Do Next
IBM has patented a self-driving car system that doesn't just watch the road. It also watches your brain, using a headset to…
Adobe Patents a System to Keep Shared Documents Identical Across Multiple Editors
When multiple people edit the same document at once, keeping everyone's version consistent is surprisingly hard. Adobe's new patent describes a fingerprinting…
Qualcomm Patent: Routing Processing Tasks Automatically to the Fastest Available Server
What if your phone could shop around for the fastest nearby server before offloading a heavy task? That's exactly what Qualcomm is…
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