Tesla Patents a Steering Wheel Button That Pushes Back When You Press It
Tesla has filed a patent for a steering wheel button system that feels like a physical click without any moving parts, using…
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Google Patents a Camera Mode That Automatically Levels Your Photos as You Shoot
Most people have taken a photo they were sure was straight, only to find it tilted by a few degrees when they…
Apple Patents a Touchscreen That Knows the Difference Between Water and Your Finger
A wet finger is one thing. A puddle of water sitting on your screen is another. Apple has patented a way for…
Apple Patents a System That Hands Your Phone Off from Cell Towers to Satellites
Losing cell service in a dead zone is frustrating enough. Apple is patenting a way for your phone to automatically check satellite…
Tesla Patents a System to Sync Camera and Radar Identifications for Self-Driving AI
Training a self-driving car's AI requires enormous amounts of labeled data, and right now humans often have to label the same object…
Nvidia Patents an AI That Writes Its Own GPU Performance-Checking Code on the Fly
Nvidia has filed a patent for a system where an AI reads a plain-English question about a GPU program, writes the diagnostic…
Intel Patents Technology to Map Sound and Sensory Cues Across AR and VR Environments
Ray tracing, the technique that makes light look photorealistic in video games, could soon do the same job for sound and other…
Apple Patents a Way to Keep Satellite Voice Calls from Breaking Apart
Satellite phone calls have a reputation for dropping out and cutting up, partly because the chunks of audio data being sent are…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Keep Audio and Video in Sync by Hiding Audio Inside the Video Stream
Lip-sync problems during cloud gaming or video calls often come down to audio and video packets taking different paths across the internet.…
Qualcomm Patents a Method to Stack Different Processor Chips Across Multiple Levels
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a chip design that stacks processing cores on top of each other in three dimensions, letting…
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