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Acorn Product Development
Stories selected from published Acorn Product Development patents, using drawings as a way to see ideas beyond the products that eventually reached the public.
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Things · Parenting
Baby Care, One Task at a Time: 9 Patents That Hand the Work to Machines
A baby carrier built onto a walking-assistance robot, a stroller that brakes when the adult lets go, a responsive sleep aid, automated formula preparation, a bottle that measures its contents, a diaper that distinguishes urine from feces, an automatic washer and diaper changer, camera-based respiration monitoring, and a pacifier that announces when it falls: nine patents that hand small pieces of baby care to machines.
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