On March 5th 2013 the US patent office issued a patent centered around the enigmatic concept of “imprinting” water. More specifically : “The present invention provides a method for imprinting water so as to emit Terahertz radiation and a method for maintaining the freshness of foodstuff with an article containing the imprinted water.“ [For comprehensive […]
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Bubble Weapons: one way to sink a ship
The next time you hear the phrase : “You can’t sink a battleship by blowing bubbles at it.” you’ll be able, with some degree of confidence, to inform the speaker that they’re probably wrong. A new US patent issued on Feb 12th 2013, describes what the inventors call a Bubble Weapons System. Fanciful though it […]
The many patents of Pedrick the great
Arthur Pedrick patented many odd devices, one of which puts a cart before a horse, the horse supplying the propulsive power: The Patently Absurd web site collected many of Pedrick’s patents in one handy place.
Patent Camouflage
Imagine that you want to camouflage yourself. One way to do so might be to pick objects from your surroundings and attach them to your clothing. But how exactly? Answers are provided in a new US patent (Jan. 29th 2013) from two Utah-based inventors (both named Morgan). Their patent : entitled ‘Systems and methods for […]