A new method of connecting precast beams and columns will make it possible to quickly repair concrete buildings damaged by extreme events such as earthquakes and hurricanes.
Materials Science
Oct 5, 2020
0
20
Qualcomm on Thursday escalated its legal battle with Apple, filing a patent infringement lawsuit and requesting a ban on the importation of some iPhones, claiming unlawful and unfair use of the chipmaker's technology.
Business
Jul 7, 2017
5
155
Google has filed a patent for toys that pay attention to who is in a room and can interact with other media devices.
Hi Tech & Innovation
May 23, 2015
2
627
(Phys.org) —Google this year has made it clear that it wants to see a different computer using landscape with techniques that are easier, more reliable than hand-typed passwords for user authentication. Speaking at a security ...
Apple has applied for a patent that describes a method the Cupertino, Calif., company could use to improve the accuracy of the touchscreen on its iPad and iPhone devices.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 31, 2014
1
0
Exotic Solar LLC, a Salt Lake City based renewable energy start-up company, announced that they have developed a technique to manufacture cheap, flexible and foldable solar panel fabric that can be integrated with our day ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 8, 2012
0
0
.jpg)
(Phys.org)—Apple filed a patent, dated July 2011, and made public recently, in which Apple proposes a way, beyond the ATM, for people to get cash payments. Apple suggests an Ad-Hoc Cash Dispensing Network, as the patent ...
When it comes to intellectual curiosity and creativity, a market economy in which inventors can buy and sell shares of the key components of their discoveries actually beats out the winner-takes-all world of patent rights ...
Economics & Business
Mar 5, 2009
1
0
In mobiles, fridges, planes – transistors are everywhere. But they often operate only within a restricted current range. LMU physicists have now developed an organic transistor that functions perfectly under both low and ...
Nanophysics
Mar 20, 2019
1
231
A computer mouse that doubles as a scanner. A coating that keeps gadgets safe and dry even in the event of a spill. And a smartphone that rotates like a cat midair to avoid landing on its pretty glass face.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 29, 2015
3
416
