Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring.

Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, yall.

This November-ish roundup lands on the beautifulBeaver Moon!

Full moon patents: MIT creates glowing plants and Amazon gets better drones

Since mylast post, the US patent office issued over 27,454 patents and published over 29,731 patent applications.

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

MIT engineers led by Michael Strano, Professor of Chemical Engineering, have made this idea a reality.

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Apatent applicationfrom MIT discloses details of light-emitting plants, infused with chemicals and enzymes fireflies use to glow.

This technology shows great promise and potential.

The plants, once injected with enzymes, are able to glow for 4.5 hours at a time.

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That might not seem like long, but MITs engineers are working hard on improving this time.

These plants may also open up new avenues in interior decoration.

However, despite high resolution images captured by the drones, these images are two-dimensional and lack depth information.

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For capturing depth information, modern drones must be equipped with two or more cameras.

Last year, Googlelaunched a smart jacketin collaboration with Levis.

Further, the smart jacket provides you audio feedback or haptic feedback to notify you.

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However, with conventional haptic feedback mechanisms, sometimes vibrations are not felt by the wearer.

The smart clothing is expected to transform wearable devices and your wardrobe!

Thats why Amazon is developing very unique solutions to reduce noises produced by drones.

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Last month, Iwrote aboutan Amazonpatentfor using artificial intelligence to reduce the noise generated by drones.

This technology brings drone deliveries closer to reality.

Now the US Air Force is joining the fight against disinformation with its newpatent tool.

Until now, it has been challenging to swiftly and accurately discover malicious content.

The KB contains entities, their relationships, facts, and rules.

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

Next up isCold Moonin late December.

They provide free patentability search service for individual inventors and startups.

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

He also publishes videos on futuristic patents every week on hisYouTube channel (PatentYogi).

For interesting daily updates on patents, check theirInstagram channelandFacebook Page.

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