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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
craziest patents ever filed by huge
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videos for this list we’re looking at
the weirdest and most nonsensical
patents filed by large corporations
whether they actually develop the
technology or not is irrelevant
number 10 Robot skin hewlett-packard
sci-fi quality Android still seem to be
a long way off but in 2012
hewlett-packard development was granted
a patent for a sensor fabric capable of
propelling robotics to the next level I
won this is a good beginning of my plan
to dominate the human race despite the
technological advancements made in the
last couple of decades robots have
struggled to replicate basic sensory
functions meaning an object’s attributes
cannot be identified by touch the patent
promises to fix this shortcoming by
using flexo electric material and
electrodes that when the skin comes into
contact with an object generate a
voltage that examines the surfaces
measurements you’re telling me anything
examples but physical contact number 9
electronic skin tattoo Google and
Motorola Mobility this is for those
situations when a normal microphone is
just too big of a hassle Google and
Motorola Mobility’s electronic skin
tattoo is practically a wireless
microphone that once attached to
someone’s throat region can transmit and
receive data from a smartphone or a
controller at first glance Google’s idea
might seem silly but the tattoos close
proximity to the user’s vocal cords
should reduce noise and improve
communication in certain environments
additionally Motorola believes the
tattoo could be able to detect when
someone is lying now these aren’t a
hundred percent accurate right there
well you’d be surprised how accurate
they are number eight
underwater data centers Microsoft a
research project or a poorly disguised
hideout for a James Bond villain either
way
Microsoft has our attention project
Natick hopes to be Microsoft’s answer
for environmentally sustainable and
low-cost cloud data centers which can be
constructed in around 90 days with a
substantial amount of people living near
the coast these centers allow for a
cloud to be installed as close as
possible to the customers while also
taking measures to encourage marine life
moving data centers to the ocean made a
great amount of sense to be able to make
the actual cable to our customers as
short as possible at the tail end of
2015 Microsoft launched a prototype the
Leona Philpott one kilometer or point
six two miles off the Pacific coast with
promising results it’s not like a
moonshot in the sense that it’s just
some outlandish thing it’s actually a
viable product that we could make number
seven electronic B’s Walmart finally the
real world is caught up to horror movies
and Saturday morning cartoons in the
early 21st century the agriculture
industry has been facing a crisis due to
a decline in bees and other insects
needed to fertilize crops colony
collapse disorder we we still don’t know
what’s behind it bees themselves were
virtually extinct so what all ad eyes do
is effectively stand in for them as
mother nature’s designated pollinators
bees play a crucial role in the
reproduction process of fruits
vegetables and nuts so fewer bees equals
fewer apples and oranges Walmart was
hardly the first to recommend robotics
as a solution but their patent received
a ton of press including a mention on
Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update of
all places
what is Walmart now
it’s a department store that became a
grocery store and a firearms dealer and
now they’re just building an army of
robot bees number six odor removing
device Google Oh this isn’t even big oh
this is beyond beyond which bebe Oh
Google is the ultimate wingman the
technology company is not usually
associated with deodorants but Google’s
patent for an odor removing device
suggests an expansion might be on the
horizon designed to look like a fan this
high-tech spray predicts when the user’s
body odor could be taking a turn for the
worse and attempts to get ahead of the
situation at that point the device
counters with a splash of fragrance to
dull the body’s natural smells if the
device is fighting a losing battle
Google’s portable fan can access the
person’s social network profile to see
which public areas should be avoided it
would in theory connect with social
networks in your phone contacts to alert
you if you may be coming across a friend
in your smelly state number five
foldable phone Samsung Samsung has been
working on an alternative phone for
years
and the Galaxy X is set to turn that
dream into a reality among other things
the US Patent and Trademark Office
granted Samsung a design patent for a
foldable smartphone unlike normal
applications design patents are not
required to state the material used in
the creation process but Samsung
smartphone will have a wraparound screen
and could fold out to the size of a
tablet Samsung has yet to announce a
release date for the galaxy X but it
would be cool to see one of these
patents actually come to life cool phone
number four sealed crustless sandwich
the JM Smucker Company sorry if we lose
you with all the upcoming technical
jargon in the late 90s Smuckers filed a
patent for a crustless sandwich that is
a stack of two slices of bread with the
outer edge removed that was capable of
standing the test of time without the
central filling leaking out Wow
my favorite PB&J with the crusts cut off
would you get your crusts after
spreading peanut butter on the upper and
lower portions of the flour-based panel
jelly is then added as the central
filling before the bread pieces are
pushed together the
patents abstract explains that this
design would prevent the sandwiches
jelly from radiating through the bread
what about just making the crust thicker
ok we’re brainstorming I got it I think
across the Kirk for us that might do it
number three smart wig Sony have you
ever failed to realize that your phone
was vibrating
well sony has your back the
multinational conglomerate patented a
wearable computing device that blends a
stylish hair do with the future if
created the wig would hide a sensor
processing unit and a communication
interface that is linked to a smart
phone when a call or message is received
Sony’s device would provide feedback to
the user weathers a wig to keep my head
warm if a smart wig sounds a little too
weird
Nokia’s patent for a vibrating tattoo
might be the next best thing
yes the good finish folks at Nokia have
filed a patent for a vibrating tattoo in
this case so your phone can buzz your
tap to tell you somebody’s calling or
there’s a new text waiting number two
car glue Google Google believes that
self-driving cars are the future and the
company is taking steps to improve their
chances of success even if these
vehicles are safer Google knows that
accidents will continue to happen but
hopes that car glue might decrease the
risk of injury companies might focus on
making cars that don’t hit people not
Google no way Google’s patent suggests
coating a vehicle’s exterior with an
adhesive substance if a pedestrian is
hit it gets stuck rather than bouncing
off and suffering a secondary impact
because that was the problem with
getting hit by a car before it it just
wasn’t embarrassing enough the downside
in addition to being hit and stuck to a
moving vehicle is that the victim would
become a makeshift bumper this catches
on it could be really useful for all the
people I hit you’re in carpool karaoke
before we unveil our number one pick
number one rectangle-shaped phone Apple
in the midst of the smartphone wars
Apple was granted a design patent for
the rectangle shape of a portable
display device basically Apple won
control over the standard look of a
smartphone for a design patent the solid
lines are the only things that matter in
this case apple’s image just covers the
outer shape of the device and it is
mind-boggling that the USPTO accepted
their proposal it raises the question of
what can be patented the shape of a car
a complicated device an iconic design
well this seems like a big win for Apple
a patent this broad is usually pretty
worthless
as competitors could easily invalidate
it do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
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and insane
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
craziest patents ever filed by huge
companies before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
the weirdest and most nonsensical
patents filed by large corporations
whether they actually develop the
technology or not is irrelevant
number 10 Robot skin hewlett-packard
sci-fi quality Android still seem to be
a long way off but in 2012
hewlett-packard development was granted
a patent for a sensor fabric capable of
propelling robotics to the next level I
won this is a good beginning of my plan
to dominate the human race despite the
technological advancements made in the
last couple of decades robots have
struggled to replicate basic sensory
functions meaning an object’s attributes
cannot be identified by touch the patent
promises to fix this shortcoming by
using flexo electric material and
electrodes that when the skin comes into
contact with an object generate a
voltage that examines the surfaces
measurements you’re telling me anything
examples but physical contact number 9
electronic skin tattoo Google and
Motorola Mobility this is for those
situations when a normal microphone is
just too big of a hassle Google and
Motorola Mobility’s electronic skin
tattoo is practically a wireless
microphone that once attached to
someone’s throat region can transmit and
receive data from a smartphone or a
controller at first glance Google’s idea
might seem silly but the tattoos close
proximity to the user’s vocal cords
should reduce noise and improve
communication in certain environments
additionally Motorola believes the
tattoo could be able to detect when
someone is lying now these aren’t a
hundred percent accurate right there
well you’d be surprised how accurate
they are number eight
underwater data centers Microsoft a
research project or a poorly disguised
hideout for a James Bond villain either
way
Microsoft has our attention project
Natick hopes to be Microsoft’s answer
for environmentally sustainable and
low-cost cloud data centers which can be
constructed in around 90 days with a
substantial amount of people living near
the coast these centers allow for a
cloud to be installed as close as
possible to the customers while also
taking measures to encourage marine life
moving data centers to the ocean made a
great amount of sense to be able to make
the actual cable to our customers as
short as possible at the tail end of
2015 Microsoft launched a prototype the
Leona Philpott one kilometer or point
six two miles off the Pacific coast with
promising results it’s not like a
moonshot in the sense that it’s just
some outlandish thing it’s actually a
viable product that we could make number
seven electronic B’s Walmart finally the
real world is caught up to horror movies
and Saturday morning cartoons in the
early 21st century the agriculture
industry has been facing a crisis due to
a decline in bees and other insects
needed to fertilize crops colony
collapse disorder we we still don’t know
what’s behind it bees themselves were
virtually extinct so what all ad eyes do
is effectively stand in for them as
mother nature’s designated pollinators
bees play a crucial role in the
reproduction process of fruits
vegetables and nuts so fewer bees equals
fewer apples and oranges Walmart was
hardly the first to recommend robotics
as a solution but their patent received
a ton of press including a mention on
Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update of
all places
what is Walmart now
it’s a department store that became a
grocery store and a firearms dealer and
now they’re just building an army of
robot bees number six odor removing
device Google Oh this isn’t even big oh
this is beyond beyond which bebe Oh
Google is the ultimate wingman the
technology company is not usually
associated with deodorants but Google’s
patent for an odor removing device
suggests an expansion might be on the
horizon designed to look like a fan this
high-tech spray predicts when the user’s
body odor could be taking a turn for the
worse and attempts to get ahead of the
situation at that point the device
counters with a splash of fragrance to
dull the body’s natural smells if the
device is fighting a losing battle
Google’s portable fan can access the
person’s social network profile to see
which public areas should be avoided it
would in theory connect with social
networks in your phone contacts to alert
you if you may be coming across a friend
in your smelly state number five
foldable phone Samsung Samsung has been
working on an alternative phone for
years
and the Galaxy X is set to turn that
dream into a reality among other things
the US Patent and Trademark Office
granted Samsung a design patent for a
foldable smartphone unlike normal
applications design patents are not
required to state the material used in
the creation process but Samsung
smartphone will have a wraparound screen
and could fold out to the size of a
tablet Samsung has yet to announce a
release date for the galaxy X but it
would be cool to see one of these
patents actually come to life cool phone
number four sealed crustless sandwich
the JM Smucker Company sorry if we lose
you with all the upcoming technical
jargon in the late 90s Smuckers filed a
patent for a crustless sandwich that is
a stack of two slices of bread with the
outer edge removed that was capable of
standing the test of time without the
central filling leaking out Wow
my favorite PB&J with the crusts cut off
would you get your crusts after
spreading peanut butter on the upper and
lower portions of the flour-based panel
jelly is then added as the central
filling before the bread pieces are
pushed together the
patents abstract explains that this
design would prevent the sandwiches
jelly from radiating through the bread
what about just making the crust thicker
ok we’re brainstorming I got it I think
across the Kirk for us that might do it
number three smart wig Sony have you
ever failed to realize that your phone
was vibrating
well sony has your back the
multinational conglomerate patented a
wearable computing device that blends a
stylish hair do with the future if
created the wig would hide a sensor
processing unit and a communication
interface that is linked to a smart
phone when a call or message is received
Sony’s device would provide feedback to
the user weathers a wig to keep my head
warm if a smart wig sounds a little too
weird
Nokia’s patent for a vibrating tattoo
might be the next best thing
yes the good finish folks at Nokia have
filed a patent for a vibrating tattoo in
this case so your phone can buzz your
tap to tell you somebody’s calling or
there’s a new text waiting number two
car glue Google Google believes that
self-driving cars are the future and the
company is taking steps to improve their
chances of success even if these
vehicles are safer Google knows that
accidents will continue to happen but
hopes that car glue might decrease the
risk of injury companies might focus on
making cars that don’t hit people not
Google no way Google’s patent suggests
coating a vehicle’s exterior with an
adhesive substance if a pedestrian is
hit it gets stuck rather than bouncing
off and suffering a secondary impact
because that was the problem with
getting hit by a car before it it just
wasn’t embarrassing enough the downside
in addition to being hit and stuck to a
moving vehicle is that the victim would
become a makeshift bumper this catches
on it could be really useful for all the
people I hit you’re in carpool karaoke
before we unveil our number one pick
number one rectangle-shaped phone Apple
in the midst of the smartphone wars
Apple was granted a design patent for
the rectangle shape of a portable
display device basically Apple won
control over the standard look of a
smartphone for a design patent the solid
lines are the only things that matter in
this case apple’s image just covers the
outer shape of the device and it is
mind-boggling that the USPTO accepted
their proposal it raises the question of
what can be patented the shape of a car
a complicated device an iconic design
well this seems like a big win for Apple
a patent this broad is usually pretty
worthless
as competitors could easily invalidate
it do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest videos
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