Engineer Devises "UFO Patents" For US Navy
Paul Ratner writes via Interesting Engineering: Theoretical inventions known as the "UFO patents" have been inflaming worldwide curiosity. A product of the American engineer Dr. Salvatore Cezar Pais, the patents were filed during his work for the U.S.....»»
iPhone 15 USB-C port: Claimed photos shared on Twitter
Claimed photos of iPhone 15 USB-C port components have been posted by two Twitter accounts, though their provenance is unknown. They are shown on the right, alongside our render. One of the accounts is that of an engineer who appears to have a sig.....»»
Isothermal self-assembly of multicomponent and evolutive DNA nanostructures
Multiple complementary DNA strands can be thermally annealed into desired entities to engineer DNA nanostructures. In a new study now published in Nature Nanotechnology, Caroline Rossi-Gendron and a team of researchers in chemistry, materials science.....»»
LG Display buys 14 US patents as it prepares for microLED Apple Watch Ultra
While a second-generation Apple Watch Ultra is expected later this September, Apple aims to release a top-tier Apple Watch with a microLED display sometime soon. … The post LG Display buys 14 US patents as it prepares for microLED Apple Watch U.....»»
Apple wants a Vision Pro research software engineer to build science apps
As Apple continues to crank out new developer preview builds of visionOS and readies a hardware seed program, the company is also looking for a research software engineer to join its Vision Pro development team.Apple Vision ProThe right candidate wil.....»»
How to unlock the Engineer in Remnant 2
The engineer is a powerful class to unlock, but getting it isn't something you'll do naturally while playing. Here's how to unlock this archetype in Remnant 2......»»
USB-C iPhone mod creator builds first fully repairable AirPods Pro case
Back in 2021, Robotics engineer Ken Pillonel was the first to transform iPhone’s Lightning port to USB-C. Since then he’s created a way to do the same for the case for AirPods and AirPods Pro and even open-sourced his process. Now Ken’s l.....»»
Jury orders Google to pay $339M for patent-infringing Chromecast
Google plans on appealing. Enlarge / Google Chromecast with Google TV. (credit: Google) Google Chromecast infringed upon three patents of Touchstream Technologies, Inc. and should pay $338.7 million in damages, a Weste.....»»
Google loses Chromecast patent dispute, must pay $338 million
Google has been found guilty of infringing on streaming video patents in its Chromecast devices for the last decade, but at $338.7 million, the financial penalty is relatively minor for the tech giant.Google owes money in Chromecast patent caseThe in.....»»
Coexistence in microbial communities: Study challenges popular predictive rule
Microbial communities are widely used by biotechnology suppliers for processes like manufacturing biofuels and new foods, or helping crops grow better. To engineer successful communities, scientists need to predict whether microorganisms can live and.....»»
Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon
Meta promised to make Threads compatible with W3C open standard for social media. Enlarge (credit: Jacqui VanLiew/Wired) Days after Meta launched its new app, Threads, this month, a software engineer at the company named.....»»
Researchers engineer nanostructures to enhance the immune system"s ability to combat cancer
Over the past decade, researchers have sought more effective and enduring cancer treatments. Among the wide variety of immunotherapies, Stimulator of Interfron Genes activation (STING agonism) has emerged as a particularly promising approach that har.....»»
EV charging firms oppose Texas" "premature" plan to mandate Tesla standard
Five EV charging companies have written to the Texas Transportation Commission, calling for more time to re-engineer and test Tesla's connectors......»»
Scientists develop strategy to engineer artificial allosteric sites in protein complexes
According to a recently published research paper, an approach has been developed to create artificial allosteric sites (where by binding an effector molecule, activity at the distal active site is regulated) in protein complexes. This breakthrough re.....»»
Apple Vision Pro research and early work was hidden in plain sight
From patents for 'smart rings' to ones for projecting a Mac's desktop out onto the wall, Apple has been hiding Apple Vision Pro in plain sight for years.Why didn't we see what was right in front of our faces?Over the last decade, there must have been.....»»
New platform slashes time to engineer and select the best genome editors for specific applications
A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed a new way to break through the current limited throughput in optimizing precise genome editors at scale, and engineer hundreds (or more) of base edit.....»»
Connections between Apple Car and a mysterious Arizona facility deepen with new evidence
A mysterious Arizona vehicle proving ground seems to belong to Apple for autonomous vehicle testing, and new evidence may prove it.A vehicle testing facility in ArizonaRumors and countless patents show Apple is working on an autonomous vehicle that's.....»»
Apple on the hook for $1.1 billion in Caltech Wi-Fi patent case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to Caltech's Wi-Fi patents, and after a decade-long legal battle, Apple is finally on the hook for the billion-dollar verdict.Decided on Monday, the Supreme Court justices elected not to continue de.....»»
Spatial Audio transforms music, says Alicia Keys and Springsteen recording engineer
Bob Clearmountain, the US recording engineer who mixed Bruce Springsteen’s album, says that he hopes Spatial Audio will bring back the days when people sat down and actively listened to music – instead of it simply being a background soundtrack.....»»
The US Navy, NATO, and NASA are using a shady Chinese company’s encryption chips
US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military. Enlarge (credit: Bet_Noire/Getty) From TikTok to Huawei routers to DJI drones, rising tensions between China and the US have made.....»»
AI system devises first optimizations to sorting code in over a decade
Writing efficient code was turned into a game, and the AI played to win. Enlarge (credit: Anas Photography) Anyone who has taken a basic computer science class has undoubtedly spent time devising a sorting algorithm—co.....»»