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

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Things · Wearables

Adding to the Human Body: 10 Patents for Extra Limbs, Senses and Support

A chair you wear on your legs, extra arms on your back, a sixth finger, ultrasound-evoked body sensations, self-lacing shoes, haptic gloves, smart contact lenses, skin-mounted chemical sensors and a wearable airbag. Ten public patents that try to redraw the boundary of the human body.

10 FIG. · 9/20/2026

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