10 weird tech patents and patent applications

by Gina Smith  |  July 30, 2012, 4:46pm PDT  |  Image 10 of 13

Jeff Bezos protects devices, but not passengers, in flight. Maybe next time!

Jeff Bezos has filed many a patent, and this one is particularly interesting. US patent application 20110194230 covers “Protecting Devices from Impact Damage in Flight.” Too bad the erstwhile whiz kid isn’t protecting passengers, too.

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Jeff Bezos protects devices, but not passengers, in flight. Maybe next time! - Image 10 of 13

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Gina Smith is a NYT best-selling author of iWOZ, the biography of Steve Wozniak. She is a vet tech journalist and chief of the geek tech site, aNewDomain.net.