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Show HN: Bite-Sized Summaries of Patents
Hi everyoneFor the past several months I have been building a platform to publish bite-sized summaries of latest patents. The purpose is to help engineers and product managers keep track of changing technology landscape and learn faster.Recently, we published summaries of 22 Apple patents related to augmented & virtual reality.Follow this link to...
Apple's immersive VR experience for passengers
Apple's visually encrypted screen for better privacy against onlookers
Show HN: A collection of interactive patent summaries
Hi everyone, I have been working on a product to make patent literature more accessible to engineers and R&D people.I would like to get your feedback on it. Can this product help you grow as an engineer?Here is the link.https://www.fastscience.tv/collections/DtJ1J7NjWxrVxP0zEG08
The engineering behind Apple devices
A self-propelled robot that is used in classrooms
The design of Michael Jackson's gravity defying shoes
A strategy battle game with intelligent army formations
Re:Ask HN: Which research papers are on your to-read list?
on Saturday April 25, 2020 @11:44PM (#22984217)
Do you have the link?
Ask HN: Which research papers are on your to-read list?
Hi! I built a platform to create interactive summaries of interesting research papers and patents.Please share the research papers on your to-read list and we can create summaries so you can go through them quickly.Here is an example summary:https://www.fastscience.tv/summary/new-paper-analyzes-impact-socialdistancing-efforts
Apple's visually encrypted screen for better privacy against onlookers
Using lighter-than-air Airships to transport heavy loads over long distances
A strategy to lift the lockdowns while keeping infection rates low
Apple's tablet cover which doubles up as a wireless charger
Is social distancing effective against COVID19? This is what data tells us
Shoe that guides you to your destination with microfluidic technology
Shoe that guides you to your destination with microfluidic technology
Controlling hydrogen flow in fuel cell powered vehicles
Using a battery powered drone for vertical takeoff and landing of aircraft
Re:Ask HN: Would you pay to read summary of good quality handpicked pa...
on Sunday January 19, 2020 @10:15PM (#22096004)
I have background in software engineering though we work with IP services company to find the best patents. If you would like to a take a look at an example summary, look here.
https://www.fastscience.tv/summary/teslas-energy-efficient-s...
Re:Ask HN: Would you pay to read summary of good quality handpicked pa...
on Sunday January 19, 2020 @10:11PM (#22095988)
The target market is Engineers, product managers and R&D departments. The summaries will make them aware of inventions by partners and competitors and help them innovate faster.
Design of Tesla's Solar Cell
Ask HN: Would you pay to read summary of good quality handpicked patents?
Patent literature is hard to find and read. I am building a service which summarizes good quality patents from various domains.Would you like to be an early customer of such a service?If yes, what topics would like to read? Robotics/Blockchain/Spacecrafts/Genetics etc. and how much would you like to pay.If not, say 1 line about why is it not valuable.
Re:Nike's plan to prevent counterfeiting by securing products using bl...
on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @11:22PM (#22061668)
When you make a purchase, you unlock the digital asset associated with that shoe. When you sell it forward, the digital asset will be transferred forward, provided the transactions happen on blockchain.
So you can technically sell a fake of physical, but you have to give up the ownership of the shoe (virtual). And therefore, can't sell a fake twice.
It's a shoe version of Cryptokitties.
Re:Nike's plan to prevent counterfeiting by securing products using bl...
on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @08:03AM (#22053818)
Regarding point 1 : https://www.forbes.com/sites/samantharadocchia/2018/07/05/ho...
Regarding point 2: I have never heard anyone tokenizing physical assets using conventional databases. Reason is multiple people may hold part of the value/asset, no one wants to trust anyone else.
Re:Nike's plan to prevent counterfeiting by securing products using bl...
on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:41AM (#22052632)
Because blockchains are great for exchange of value/transactions. Tokens can be easily transferred and hard to re-create and safe. They can be re-generated after each transaction and stored in a wallet.
Associating one QR code with one shoe is simply not the same thing. Nike doesn't have to make the whole ledger public through give the nature of blockchain, it can be assured that it has not been altered.
Re:Nike's plan to prevent counterfeiting by securing products using bl...
on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:20AM (#22052545)
For people asking why is blockchain needed in this scenario, I have added a comment below the article explaining why it would be far more robust than using a QR code etc.
Re:Nike's plan to prevent counterfeiting by securing products using bl...
on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:04AM (#22052475)
If you read the use cases, a lot of their ideas revolve around marketplace. So it should have more to do with resale or transfer of digital asset. So when you are selling on a marketplace like EBay etc., having a valid digital token is a proof that you are trying to sell valid Nikes.
IMO they are tracking ownership of each pair with the help of these tokens and once the real shoe is sold the token is transferred to someone else's digital wallet.
Putting a QR code on shoe is not really effective as it can copied/pasted on a different shoe etc.