This week the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued 6,775 patents. Each patent is important as it adds something new to the human knowledge base. The PatentYogi team selected eight of the coolest patents granted this week. NASA upgrades the MARS Rover with a new kind of locomotion Patent Number – US 9,229,451 NASA has patented a rover that looks and moves like the jelly monster Blobby from Hotel Transylvania. The rover is essentially a bladder filled with a fluid containing shape memory polymers. The bladder is covered with an outer layer that bladder from dirt or debris of the surface…
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