Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7162426 | Computer motherboard architecture with integrated DSP for continuous and command and control speech processing The invention is essentially a motherboard design for personal computers which uses DSP hardware in conjunction with a general or specific purpose CPU to process command and continuous speech. The DSP hardware serves as a bridge between the audio input of the sound ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7065381 | Personal communicator This invention provides a single unit called a personal communicator that combines the functions of a cell phone (or mobile phone), a body-supported computer and a pager. The personal communicator has three detachable modules: a communications module; a display modu... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6958905 | Mobile body-supported computer with battery The present application relates to a mobile computer and, more specifically, to a power management system for a user-supported computer that can be operated in a hands-free manner. Specifically, a mobile, body-supported computer comprising a computer housing, a heat... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6937464 | Ergonomic hand held display The invention relates to the field of wearable and portable computers. Specifically, the invention is a flat panel display device which is designed with certain ergonomic features which allow the user to operate the display device comfortably for longer periods of t... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6757551 | Personal communicator This invention provides a single unit called a personal communicator that combines the functions of a cell phone (or mobile phone), a body-supported computer and a pager. The personal communicator has three detachable modules: 1. a communications module; ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6668318 | System and method for loading one of a plurality of operating systems and adjusting the operating frequency accordingly using transferable core computer that recognizes a system environment In this invention a computer system having a core unit and an enclosure for the core unit is disclosed. The core unit has the ability to determine the nature of the enclosure (be it a car, house, etc.) and to adjust its processor to perform the function r... | 12/23/2003 |
