Mercedes Patents External Pedestrians Airbag

 

 

 

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A recent patent application has revealed Mercedes-Benz‘s external airbag design.

The German automaker is looking to patent its method of installing airbags in a car’s A-pillars, so they inflate if the vehicle accidentally hits a pedestrian. According to the patent application, sensors would determine whether a collision has occurred, which would then cause the hood to move upward near the windshield, with extra cushions deploying from the A-pillars.

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The external airbags would reside inside a fabric tube so they’re not visible unless they’re deployed, with one end attaching to the top of the A-pillar, and the other on the tip of the hood. Essentially, Mercedes-Benz’s design would allow the airbags to adjust as the hood rises, so pedestrians would come in contact with the airbag rather than a hard surface like the windshield.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extracted from autoguide.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FONDOODLER: PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD

Fondoodler is a "hot glue gun” - but for cheese.

Build with it. Write with it.

Cook with it.

 

 

 

The Fondoodler really does work like a glue gun:  Stuff its barrel with string cheese, block cheese or sheet cheese, and watch it melt the cheese into gooey goodness. Then, use the gun’s squirt to make everything from simple cheese and crackers to nachos to household crafts like a cracker cheese tower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fondoodler is the brainchild of Buzzfeed Product Labs, a new arm of the company that’s rolling out funky products for retail testing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

extracted from fondoodler.com

GE Claims Vestas Infringes Wind Turbine Power Control Patent

General Electric Co., which lost its top spot in wind turbine sales this year, claims new market leader Vestas Wind Systems A/S is using its technology to protect their turbines from dramatic fluctuations in power.

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The patent covers a technology known as zero voltage ride through, which enables wind turbines to remain connected to the grid without damage during voltage fluctuations such as those caused by lightning strikes or short circuits. Typically the turbines were designed to disconnect from the grid.

GE contends that it’s entitled to cash compensation for the unauthorized use of its invention and will seek a court order that would block further use of the ride-through invention by Vestas.



  
The case is General Electric Co. v. Vestas Wind Systems A/S, 17-5653, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles)




extracted from bloomberg.com