Have this article read to you at https://youtu.be/X9QyP_ppVto Drones are making agriculture more exciting by improving efficiency and saving resources. For example, take this invention, a brain child of the brilliant Dr. Soon-Shiong of NantWorks. You are a farmer. Your crops are doing well, but you have some underperforming regions where the crops are smaller […]
Have this article read to you at https://youtu.be/EWBNzFC9TzA Toyota is no stranger to using barcodes for its manufacturing operations. This invention helps a delivery drone land in an exact location for unloading or recharging. The invention uses a series of hieroglyphs to help the drone orient itself correctly. Regrettably, the patent text seems to have […]
Have this article read to you at https://youtu.be/zhSciJ3oeks It has been in the news the last six months: fiber optic drones, used mainly in the war between Ukraine and Russia. These drones are controlled by a thin, robust strand of cable, and have a ten-kilometer range. It is impossible to jam their RF signal, because […]
Have this article read to you at https://youtu.be/CF4TBfaOpcY A typical drone has to tilt into the direction of flight, but why not just tilt its engines? What if you need the drone to remain oriented to the horizontal plane during flight? This invention proposes a solution. Aerbots has patented a system of omnidirectional propeller housings […]
Have this article read to you at https://youtu.be/LN5DTkB7cow Some might scoff at the idea of a Design Patent. “It only protects the aesthetic shape, and very narrowly too” they may say. “A competitor can change the shape beyond a certain threshold (which is low), and they go around the Patent, so why bother?” Why bother? […]