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Here’s how Apple imagined AirTags would work one year ago

The Verge

One diagram shows how the tags could be attached to a set of keys. The details have emerged in a pair of patent applications that were filed a year ago and were found by Patently Apple after they were made public yesterday. The tags could be embedded in a watch strap. Image: Apple / USPTO. Image: Apple / USPTO.

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AirTags could be far more versatile than anyone initially thought

TechSpot

As Patently Apple highlights, Apple notes that the tags could be waterproof, or at the very least, splash proof, and might be rugged enough to withstand physical bumps. An internal battery, sensors, a wireless communications system and the ability to make noise / provide haptic feedback is also mentioned, but.

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Bubble Wrap: How Eurovision Monitors Covid Risk at Events

CIO Business Intelligence

The solution – based on EY AgilityWorks’ patented EY Proximity Monitor technology – was white labelled as Flockey by Unlimited Solutions for the event industry. Flockey measures the distance between visitors using anonymized Bluetooth low-energy data from mobile devices like a smartphone or lanyard tag.

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Apple announces digital car keys for wirelessly unlocking your car with an iPhone

The Verge

But for now, automakers will need to provide NFC tags, and you’ll need to tap them directly. Her name, interestingly, is on an Apple patent for using a “portable computing device” for locating a vehicle. And the Consortium has already confirmed that the Digital Key Release 3.0

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A year later, Apple’s MagSafe continues to underwhelm

The Verge

The new Leather Wallet with MagSafe also doesn’t support Apple’s $49 Clear Case with MagSafe, so hope you didn’t buy one of those thinking it’d be futureproof — apparently, it blocks the NFC tags that MagSafe accessories like the Wallet use to passively ID themselves to the phone.

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Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch: a new robot designed to move boxes in warehouses

The Verge

But Stretch doesn’t have a price-tag yet, and it could be that for businesses with low margins, a robot isn’t worth the hassle no matter how mobile it is. Stretch’s arm, by comparison, swivels freely thanks to some clever (and patent-pending) counterweights hidden inside its square base. That’s really the secret sauce,” says Perry.

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The sexual life of ideas: flirtation, promiscuity, procreation, and seminal creativity but no virgin births

Trends in the Living Networks

Participants can buy and sell intellectual property they have generated, though in order to do so it must first be legally registered, for example by patent, copyright, or trademark. Tags: Living Networks book. At the other end of the spectrum is PLX.com, an online market for intellectual property.

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