IBM patents drone-delivery of coffee straight to your mouth(pdfpiw.uspto.gov)
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IBM patents drone-delivery of coffee straight to your mouth
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This is what happens when you force engineers to generate so many patents every quarter / year.
When I was contractor at IBM for a year I attended several sessions where the only task was to come up with ideas for patents. This looks exactly like the result of one of these sessions.
Patent illustrations are a hilarious genre in general. If you like the drawings here, you’ll love this tumblr which features some true classics:
http://contextfreepatentart.tumblr.com
My favorite is the one where the couch potato has to get up and shout “McDonalds!” before the Orwellian, camera-equipped Smart TV will continue playing the violent program he is watching.
http://contextfreepatentart.tumblr.com
My favorite is the one where the couch potato has to get up and shout “McDonalds!” before the Orwellian, camera-equipped Smart TV will continue playing the violent program he is watching.
Reminds me of the verification can greentext
Basically a ripoff of the robot-butler concept, replacing the wheels with rotors. In 1984, the TV series Riptide already had a robot serving drinks: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/movieimage.php?imageId=98109...
Robot butler pic here: http://bearbottoms1.com/smart-homes/
One might argue that rotors and wheels are similar in nature since they both are a rotating device
Robot butler pic here: http://bearbottoms1.com/smart-homes/
One might argue that rotors and wheels are similar in nature since they both are a rotating device
but can I patent drone delivery of medication to citizens that are not behaving or thinking in a compliant manner?
This reminds me of a Vonnegut short, Harrison Bergeron. [1]
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
Sensational click-baity title. You could have just said "IBM patents drone-delivery of coffee".
It's all fun and games until someone gets a head-full of hot coffee.
You could possibly see this in a super crowded environment. A nightclub, rock concert, or even a sporting event in the stands. A replacement for the cocktail waiter or beer vendor at a ball game.
Perfect example of big companies blocking innovation from small inventors by patenting every imaginable idea and combination of ideas :-(
Trolling...but not in their usual manner.
Someone collected the employee patent bonus for this! We can clearly see that incentive is working.
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those images on the first page are a riot
Is this a Watson service?
no, today is not April 1.