Bezos Patenting 'Dumb' Tablets, Glasses, Windshields 87
theodp writes "GeekWire reports on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' pending patent on remote displays that communicate with base stations and operate on wireless power. Reducing devices to mere screens with minimal storage that receive pre-rendered content (e.g., bitmap images), the patent application explains, eliminates the need for bulky batteries or processors, and employing techniques like electromagnetic or electrostatic induction allows one to cut the cord completely. Such remote displays, Amazon suggests, could find a home on college campuses (tablets), in your car (windshield displays or DVD players), and even on your face (eyeglasses)."
There's already a (not wirelessly powered) device similar to the one described in the patent.
Great, he's re-invented the X station of yore (Score:3, Funny)
$SUBJECT says it all.
I'm thoroughly impressed.
Bezos is remarkable! (Score:4, Funny)
Even though he's a CEO, working 24/7 on that job, he still has time to invent all these things and patent them?
Incredible!
Re:Great, he's re-invented the X station of yore (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, it's more innovative than "1-click"...at least we're heading in the right direction!
Re:Bezos is remarkable! (Score:3, Funny)
He truly is the Thomas Edison of our time.
Pre-rendered? (Score:2, Funny)
So it's more like a TV set or a VGA display?
About time someone patented that. I mean: so much intellectual property going to waste. What a pity!