Patent No. 7693663. 2010.
Eartquake detector.
Invented in 1956 as a storage device, the disk drive might one day save millions of lives, thanks to its unusual sensitivity to movement. That capability sparked a patent for microvibration sensors in drives that calculate earth tremors. Now geologists can measure—and soon possibly even predict—the most unpredictable phenomena in nature.
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Patent No. 8005773. 2011.
Cortical simulation.
This image is static. So why do we see movement? Cortical simulation technology mimics the brain’s cognitive functions to answer these kinds of questions. This patent takes neuroscience to the next level by emulating the way we think, feel and behave to create computers that we can really relate to.
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Patent No. 5319542. 2011.
Electronic catalogue.
Patent for the system that gives sellers the ability to create paperless catalogues and automate the ordering, purchasing and requisitioning of their products. Now the worldwide e-commerce norm, this innovation lets merchants tailor their offerings to customers more efficiently and gives buyers easy access to the worldwide marketplace. So everybody wins, including trees.
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Patent No. 8229853. 2012.
Real-time fraud prevention.
This patented system stops fraudulent credit and debit card purchases before they happen. The locations of the purchases must match what you have indicated in your travel itineraries, and if they don’t, the system will recognize that something’s up and stop the transaction before you fund someone’s extravagant designer-handbag shopping spree.
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Patent No. 8259175. 2012.
Intelligent retail security.
Just because a security camera monitors every checkout lane doesn’t mean that the person watching the footage sees everything. This patent creates an intelligent system that detects shoplifting patterns automatically. So the customer who’s trying to stuff a couple of extra shirts in their bag might as well be waving to the camera.
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Patent No.8275803. 2012.
Deep QA.
What if you could sift through a million books per second, funneling down huge stacks of information to find the precise answer to a problem? This patented cognitive computing system acts like the world’s most advanced computer: the human brain. Making sense of wordplay, slang, quips and puns, it translates natural language into insights and solutions.
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Patent No. 8247261. 2012.
Flex circuits.
This flexible circuit innovation can be twisted and folded to power tiny medical implants, wearable computers, even superflexible, nearly weightless electronic devices. So one day diabetics could wear a shirt that monitors their blood sugar and is connected to a tiny implant that dispenses insulin. And it could all be tracked on a device folded up in their back pocket.
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Patent No. 5424054. 1995.
Carbon nanotubes.
Carbon atoms can be arranged in hexagonal patterns to create a patented carbon nanotube that’s 50,000 times thinner than human hair. We’re reaching the limits of how small traditional silicon chips and the computers they power can be. Using carbon instead could allow for computer chips that are smaller than the “e” at the end of this sentence.
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Unfortunately IBMblr isn’t as infinite.
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