Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring.

Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, yall.

This February-ish roundup lands on the beautifulSnow Moon!

Full moon patents: Disney’s acrobatic robots and Ford’s drive-by drone deliveries

Since mylast post, the US patent office issued over 33,041 patents and published over 32,210 patent applications.

Each patent asset adds a little something new to the human knowledge base.

Can self-healing security software fight cybercrime?

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The system will help some users comfortably live their lives while going through difficult relationships.

your gear (with the IMQ system) will identify the object of interest from the captured image.

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This technology might make a stuntman feel slightly insecure about his job.

The inertia shifting assembly includes sensors and a drive mechanism.

It wont be long before UAVs are mainstream and we see them zipping around making deliveries.

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But, they may run out of batteries while doing so.

A recentpatentfrom Ford reveals technology that solves this problem.

Ford plans to couple UAVs to package delivery vehicles (as shown in figure above).

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The delivery vehicles will be fitted with a charging and docking station configured to charge UAVs.

The docking station may be placed on the roof of the vehicle.

The UAV will then retrieve the package from the storage and deliver the package.

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Further, multiple UAVs may be used on a single delivery vehicle.

Also, theyre not great when you dont want other people in your business.

A recentpatentpublication from Microsoft which reveals a revolutionary eye-typing technology could be the perfect solution to this.

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Youreye-gaze is monitored to find out the gaze location on a virtual keyboard displayed on your smartphone.

The words will be predicted based on statistical models ranking common words associated with certain letters and contexts.

The predictions will then be shown for your approval and implemented accordingly.

Look out for the latest lunar cycle-based patent update every full moon.

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Dhiraj is alicensed patent practitionerwith the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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