Last November, LG surprised South Korean television viewers with an ad for a digitally-rendered “Drone Phone” that was shown to fly around and take photos from the air. Commentators interpreted the video as little more than a clever marketing stunt, but based on one of the company’s latest patent filings, its interest in the drone…
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Qualcomm has designed a touch sensor for holographic phones
One of the best measures of a trend’s progress in the consumer electronics world is the reaction of the component suppliers. If the suppliers start taking concrete steps towards addressing it, then they anticipate demand from their manufacturing clients, who in turn must be anticipating demand from consumers. That’s why it’s such an encouraging sign that…
LG is taking holograms mobile
Samsung is no longer the one only mobile holography game in town. Only a few short months after a patent application revealed that the Seoul-based electronics giant is experimenting with miniaturized projection technology that could allow its phones to display content several inches ahead of the screen, cross-city rival LG has filed over a dozen…
LG’s radical smart glasses wrap a battery around your neck
Manufacturers have been experimenting with exotic wearable designs for a quite while now in an effort to stand out from the growing competition, but LG’s latest entry may just take the cake. It’s a regular pair of smart glasses save for an oversized external battery that hangs over your shoulders like a sort of high-tech necklace.…
LG wants to build graphene microwaves
Graphene is a long way from becoming viable for semiconductors and the other applications where its unique physical properties could make the most difference, but if you’re a leading manufacturer that needs large quantities of the stuff on the cheap for lower-tech projects, that can already be arranged today. And LG is using its access…
This smart slap bracelet can turn into a phone (or a backscratcher, depending how you look at it)
The 40-year history of the prestigious Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in South Korea has reached its culmination. Many more inventions will come out of its doors over the coming years, but nothing will be able to match the glory that is the back-scratching wristband phone revealed in its latest patent filing. The original idea…
LG patents world’s most awful convertible laptop
Some ideas really aren’t meant to be put to paper. The latest example of that comes from none other than LG, which has channeled its vast talent pool and decades of experience building consumer electronics into developing what is possibly the single most overengineered take on the convertible laptop yet: The adjustable support mechanism at…
LG thinks the future of mobile cameras is detachable
The front-facing camera on your phone is about to get a lot more useful if LG has its way with its latest patent filing. Detailed inside is self-sustaining capture module with an embedded battery and a wireless chip that you’ll be able to pop off the rear using a special release mechanism and place anywhere…
LG’s next-gen solar cell is incredibly efficient
While it may be best known for making consumer electronics and household appliances, LG also boasts a formidable legacy in industrial manufacturing dating back almost to its creation in the middle of last century. That experience has been distilled into the development of a new breed of solar cell that ups the ante on harvesting…
LG’s future monitors will cool themselves
Centuries after William of Ockham first uttered the wisdom that the simplest answer is usually the right one, it still holds true for even the most modern of problem-solving exercises. The geeks at LG are apparently well-versed in the truth of that saying judging by one of the latest patents to have come out of…