Meta Patents Radar-Based Facial Expression Tracking for VR Headsets
Meta is filing patents for a system that uses radar — the same basic technology in your car's collision-avoidance sensors — to…
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X Development Patents AI-Guided Optimization for Biological Synthesis Processes
X Development — Alphabet's moonshot lab — is building an AI system that doesn't just optimize biological processes for scientific performance, but…
Meta Patents a Metal-Sheathed Camera Lens Assembly for AR Glasses
Meta is patenting a very specific way to wrap a camera lens in metal — and the tiny air gap built into…
Apple Patents a System That Lets Chips Detect and Fix Their Own Stress
Apple is patenting a way for its chips to continuously monitor their own operating conditions — and automatically dial things back before…
Nvidia Patents a Synthetic Data Pipeline for 3D Road Surface Detection
Training a self-driving AI to understand road surfaces in three dimensions requires enormous amounts of labeled data — and getting that data…
Google Patents a Method for Recycling Generative AI Models as Search Encoders
Training a powerful AI model from scratch costs millions. Google's new patent describes a shortcut: take a generative model you already have,…
Meta Patents a Flexible Facial Interface That Molds to Your Face
Getting a VR headset to seal comfortably against wildly different face shapes is one of the oldest problems in the industry. Meta…
Google Patents an AI System That Shows You Wearing Clothes Without a Fitting Room
Imagine being able to see exactly how a jacket looks on your body before buying it online — no guesswork, no returns.…
ML System Dynamically Optimizes Payment Authorization Requests
Every declined payment is a lost sale — and Google thinks machine learning can fix that by dynamically tuning the payment request…
Tesla Files Patent for Ethernet Ring Network to Replace Traditional Car Wiring
Car wiring harnesses are among the heaviest, most expensive, and most failure-prone components in a modern vehicle. Tesla is patenting a way…
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