A coffee-delivering drone that can detect when people are tired and bring them a drink has been patented by technology company IBM. The patent describes a drone that can identify the "cognitive...

IBM has secured a patent for a coffee drone that not only flies around public spaces to deliver cups of brew but also predicts which people need caffeine pick-me-ups. According to paperwork filed with the...

A drone will then deliver it. Coffee-delivering drones are already a thing — well, in a couple of Downsides to IBM's idea? With drones continually buzzing about as they try to determine who needs...

Thanks to IBM, scalding hot coffee will soon be falling from the sky. Cone Drone Episode 3: "Gym Rat".

IBM Secures Coffee-Delivery Drone Patent. The patent titled "Drone delivery of coffee based on a cognitive state of an individual" lists the possibility of harnessing the combination of advanced artificial...

IBM's scenario offers multiple options for coffee delivery. The coffee drone could be also be One hypothetical has coffee poured directly into a person's mug, while another offers a full service...

Image: IBM's coffee drone can detect when you need a drink Pic: IBM. IBM, the tech giant behind the Deep Blue chess-playing computer, expects the drones to remember a person's preferences and...

A coffee drone was patented by IBM; it would use data about individuals to predict who's the most tired and New IBM technology wants to keep you caffeinated. OK, but where'd the 3rd guy come from?

Apart from coffee, IBM is also considering to use the drone (if released) for alcohol delivery. Yes, inside of bars and restaurants where the drone could be effectively used with some modifications...

IBM's recently-filed patent entitled "Drone Delivery of Coffee Based on a Cognitive State of an Individual" aka the DDCBCSI (catchy name, eh?) falls into this category.

A Coffee Delivery Drone Could Predict When You Need a Caffeine Boost. "IBM encourages our researchers to pursue their interests even though not all of their inventions become commercial...

IBM's drones can be programmed to scan groups of individuals for gestures, such as a wave to flag down a coffee drone, and to recognize a "predetermined cognitive state" by analyzing sensor data...

IBM's Coffee Delivery Drone Patent. If it does come to fruition, IBM's coffee delivery drone patent would no doubt go down in history as one of the most trivial we have seen.

In a patent filed by IBM, drones could one day deliver coffee to thirsty individuals or those that just need a pick-me-up. According to USA Today...

IBM's patent also calls for users summoning the drone by hand, and their patent also sees multiple delivery options from sealed bags to the ungainly pouring of coffee from a drone into a cup.

IBM filed just such a patent on December 22, 2015, and it was approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark For as childish, almost winsomely goofy, as IBM's coffee drone concept comes across...

Diagram from IBM's patent filing. IBM has spent much of the last decade turning away from its hardware roots towards new, fast-growing technologies like artificial intelligence and cloud computing.

Flying coffee could be the future, if IBM has its way. A new patent filed by the tech company outlines So, sadly, coffee-bearing drone slaves are still a ways off. There's still reason to celebrate, though...

IBM calls the system "drone delivery of coffee based on a cognitive state of an individual." IBM's patent filing, made public this month, shows the inventors thought of that.

Researchers of IBM designed smart drones which find your cognitive state and then bring a cup of coffee at your desk without your command.

IBM has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for their idea of a camera-equipped drone that hovers over you, watching your pupil Coffee-delivering drones in the office?

IBM now owns the intellectual property of coffee drones and could essentially have a patent on one of the future's brightest innovations — or one hot spill away from one of the future's dimmest ideas.

Is the IBM coffee drone a neat piece of technology? I do not know, but Claim 1 of US 10,040,551 fun and fluff. IBM's US patent 10,040,551 a.k.a "Drone delivery of coffee based on a cognitive state of an...

That's because IBM was issued a patent last week for a system that would deliver coffee via drone based on a person's current mood or cognitive state.

IBM has secured a patent for a coffee-delivering drone that reads social and biological cues to know when people will need their next caffeine pick-me-ups, reports USA Today.

Don't expect coffee-butler drones any time soon, though. Just at this recent patent filed by IBM. According to the August 7 filing, the skies may soon be swarming drones smart enough to go on a...

Based on these measurements, IBM's new system would then be able to determine whether you were falling behind in your productivity and A drone would then fly in and deliver you a cup of coffee.

According to CNBC, IBM has secured the patent for a coffee drone that can deliver a pre-ordered coffee to an "office, cafe or event setting" using "facial- or voice-recognition software...