Adidas seeks to patent high-performance airless sports ball
In the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Adidas debuted the Telstar: the most iconic soccer ball design ever. The Telstar, with its black-and-white panels, not only suited the monochrome televisions of the time — it went on to become the de facto symbol of the world’s biggest sport. Over five decades later, Adidas continues to supply […]
The future of medical research: Growing organs in a dish
Growing organs in a dish previously sounded a lot like science fiction, but it is already happening. Named by The Scientist as one of the biggest scientific advancements of 2013, researchers have grown what are called “organoids,” three-dimensional organ-buds grown in a laboratory that incorporate certain features that closely resemble those of human organs. Organoids […]
Third Generation Photovoltaics (3GPV): Patent Activity Overview
Third-generation photovoltaic devices (or 3GPV) are solution-processed solar cells (SCs) based on organic materials, inorganic semiconductors, nanostructured materials, and hybrids. 3GPVs hold high potential in the renewable energy market given their high efficiency at lower production costs. “In just a decade, 3GPV has almost reached the same efficiency as that of 1GPV, which took it […]
What’s next for augmented reality after Pokémon Go?
The launch of Pokémon Go in July last year has catapulted augmented reality (AR) to mainstream status. Pokémon Go, a location-based AR game developed by Niantic and Nintendo, managed to beat several mobile app records, rapidly rising in less than a month to become the top grossing and most downloaded mobile app in both Apple […]
Electronic Health Records: US Patent Activity Overview 2006-2016
Electronic health records (EHR) have been designed to enable efficient distribution and compilation of healthcare data. EHR is a functional counterpart of all separate physical documents stored for every care-related protocol and clinical event of a patient (including registration, medical history, vital signs monitoring, and laboratory results). With EHR, healthcare providers can easily access and […]
