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Sony

Stories selected from published Sony patents, using drawings as a way to see ideas beyond the products that eventually reached the public.

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Companies · Sony

Wigs, Bananas and New Controllers: 10 Sony Patents

A computer hidden in a wig, a banana turned into a game controller, a camera contact lens, hot-and-cold controls, giant spheres under both feet and a robot rebuilt as a giraffe. Ten US Sony patent publications in which the interface takes many different forms.

10 FIG. · 9/21/2026

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Things · Smart Home

Beds That Disappear and Homes That Unfold: 10 Housing Patents

Beds that disappear into ceilings, robot kitchens, projected bathroom controls and a house that unfolds outward and upward: ten patents that make the fixed parts of a home surprisingly movable.

10 FIG. · 9/18/2026

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