COMPANY
Philips
Stories selected from published Philips patents, using drawings as a way to see ideas beyond the products that eventually reached the public.
STORIES
Things · Sleep
The Sleeper Stays Still. Everything Around Them Starts Moving: 9 Sleep Patents
A pillow that moves your head when you snore, a light-emitting sleep mask, a two-chamber sleep pod, a rocking bed, a robotic bed maker, a bed that separates into a wheelchair, localized snore cancellation, ceiling projection tied to sleep state, and a sleeping bag connected to its own heat exchanger.
Things · Food
Electric Taste and Sensor Plates: 10 Patents Rethinking Meals
A burger-flipping robot, a 3D food printer, personalized nutrition from diagnostic samples, AR menus, electrically simulated taste, cartridge-based scent, utensils and plates that measure eating, serving robots and a robotic bartender. Ten patents that make the meal programmable one step at a time.