Amazon has been awarded a patent for an airbag system for mobile devices that could make cracked screens a problem of the past.
CEO Jeff Bezos and Gregory Hart first made the application to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) earlier this year, but it has taken until now for its submission to be successful.
If it believes that this threshold is likely to be exceeded, a protection system is activated that would “reduce or substantially eliminate damage to the device.” The system will then alter the orientation of the device so that the Amazon airbag hits the surface first before deploying.
It is unlikely that the Amazon airbag will be implemented in any immediate product and it is unclear whether it is even a workable solution, but it could be a lifeline for the most careless of users. Amazon released its first tablet in the UK earlier this year, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD, as it seeks to compete in an increasingly croweded market with Google, Apple and Barnes & Noble.
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and surely it will cost more than yhe device itself.