Focus with AI
NeuroPlus has been betting since 2011 that it can train your brain to concentrate better with just a few sessions a week. The Durham, NC based company has developed a brain-training device for individuals with attention…
Microsoft: Top Secret
A newly published patent application from Microsoft details a new system and method for using machine learning to conceal sensitive information commonly found within text. The system makes use of a user-defined contextual privacy setting.…
LG is Giving More Power to You!
LG Electronics' (LG) latest published patent application for the sector relates to an energy management device. The energy management device is able to acquire the power and electric rates for a location, in real-time. In addition, the…
Enjin is Furthering Its Presence in Virtual Worlds
Enjin PTE's (Enjin) recent patent application publication centers around an improved system for generating and tracking digital items in video game systems by using blockchain technologies. The system functions by recording the sale of a…
Desktop Metal’s Small Batch Production
Desktop Metal has launched a "shop system" that implements batch scale manufacturing in their workshops. Claimed as the most efficient workflow from the company yet, it incorporates a single-pass system with high-quality binder jetting…
The Rich get Richer
Already a major player in the Edge Computing space, Intel is attempting to expand their reach, specifically with the implementation of artificial intelligence solutions in the space. Intel has acquired Habana Labs, an Israeli chip…
Medtronic has a Klue
Medtronic, the global medical technology giant, recently announced its acquisition of California-based Klue. Klue is a digital health solutions company developing an operating system for behavior change focused on eating and drinking.…
Drone Wars: U.S. And E.U. Regulators Face Off
Regulating drones is an issue on both sides of the Atlantic, with FAA and the EASA both developing urban air mobility (UAM) and unmanned aircraft systems traffic management (UTM) regulations. The first step - remote ID of drones - is still…
Seer Sees $55 Million in the Bank
Seer, a San Francisco based life sciences company capturing insights from the proteome, announced a $55 million Series D round led by aMoon Fund. This funding comes one year after Seer announced their $36 million venture round to come out…
SolarCity is under wraps for winter
Tesla has been preparing to temporarily halt some aspects of R&D in their renewable energy subsidiary, SolarCity, by putting tarps over the panels of their test homes in Fremont, California. The newest version of the company's roof…
Remote EV Charging Payments from American Express
American Express wants to enable automated remote payments between EV's and charging stations. The system would initiate a communications handshake from a charging station to a remote payment system. This handshake would be in response to…
Amazon is Making it Easier for Businesses to Review Source Code
Today, businesses are heavily reliant on websites and various web applications for conducting business on a daily basis. However, this is not without its risks. Some of these applications are created using a large number of user interface…
Monticello is Creating a Cryptocurrency Shopping Experience
Monticello Enterprises LLC (Monticello) is creating an online shopping experience with cryptocurrency support. The end goal: reduce shopper friction when shoppers transition from searching for products to a merchant or social network. How…
Wilmington-based Marpac to Become Yogasleep
Wilmington, NC’s Marpac, a specialist in sleep sound technology since 1962, is now Yogasleep after their acquisition of mattress producer Yogabed in January 2018. The rebranding to Yogasleep has already begun, with all new products and…
Continuous Cannabis Centrifugation
Heinkel Drying and Separation Group has been granted a patent (10493377) for a continuous biomass extraction centrifugation system capable of streamlining the cannabis oil extraction process. A biomass feed tank and solvent feed tank lead…
EPRI Awarded $10.7 Million by DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Office
Why is the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) filing patents for drones? Because it has been awarded $10.7 million from the U.S. DOE to research and develop technologies to enhance the secure, resilient, and reliable generation…
Media Capital Technologies is Looking to Disrupt Film Financing
Media Capital Technologies' first patent application has been published. The application relates to the operation of an application on a distributed computing platform for managing the rights and entitlements associated with the production…
Nintendo Continues Sleep Investment
Nintendo took the world by storm when it announced the development of Pokémon Sleep, a mobile app using sleep-tracking data produced by Niantic, in May 2019. They claimed at the time that the app would use sleep-tracking data to modify…
Darktrace Doubles its Patent Portfolio
Darktrace recently doubled its patent portfolio, adding 12 published patent applications in 2019. These new applications fall within the detection, prevention and protection, assessment, learning, and vulnerability sub-categories for the…
Insurance Digs Deeper
A surprising name to see in this sector, State Farm was recently granted their first patent in AI Biotech. The patent describes determining biometric characteristics and generating an overall health score and longevity metric for an…
GRIDDY is Automating Their Energy and Utility Platform
A new patent application publication by GRIDDY Holdings LLC (GRIDDY) offers some insight relating to the development of an automated utility marketplace platform. The platform, which includes support for a mobile application and machine…
DJI Aeroscope approved by UK’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
DJI announced that its AeroScope drone detection system has been evaluated and passed by the UK's Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure. AeroScope works with all current models of DJI drones, which analysts…
Continental Gives New Life to Tires
One of the biggest names in tire manufacturing, Continental, is revamping their autonomous technology with their newest sensing prototype. What makes it unique is the self-sensing mechanism that incorporates automatic pressure adjustment…
Who is NewValueXchange?
NewValueExchange Ltd., founded in 2008, is one of the top 5 patent and patent application holders for the AI Enabled Search sector. But a quick search reveals an interesting result: nothing. According to documents accessible through…
Salesforce’s Answer to Alexa: Hey Einstein
Salesforce.com, Inc. (Salesforce) recently announced a variety of new enterprise-focused services and tools in an attempt to increase artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in companies of all sizes. Their answer to Amazon's Alexa:…
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