Thread regarding General Motors layoffs

GM patents deployable awning. The could lead to layoffs, since the awning WILL deploy at the most inconvenient times.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1144328_gm-deployable-awning-patent

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If you get the subscription for prognostics, OnStar will tell you if this is about to happen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0E4qb3IL68

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Post ID: @3kcb+1ujMxJxa

20 bucks to open it.

100 bucks to close it.

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Post ID: @3xkt+1ujMxJxa

They'll probably charge you a subscription to use it.

20 bucks a month if you want to be able to open the awning.

Another 20 bucks a month if you want to be able to close it.

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Post ID: @2ykx+1ujMxJxa

@1ugh+1ujMxJxa
No. The system would use a variety of sensors, radar, software and satellite data.
It is ludicrous. An insanely expensive waste of time and money but what do you expect?

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Post ID: @2hlq+1ujMxJxa

So will an app be needed to deploy the awning?

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Post ID: @1ugh+1ujMxJxa

The fish rots from the head.

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Post ID: @1fwk+1ujMxJxa

@1grg+1ujMxJxa

Corporate ethics.

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Post ID: @1fvq+1ujMxJxa

Prior art lol...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/165198872247

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Post ID: @1fym+1ujMxJxa

I have found the patent interest at GM is both a racket and very political. Who gets credit, who gets added, who gets paid. Some ideas are dismissed and then co-opted.

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Post ID: @1grg+1ujMxJxa

Seriously... This is what we spend patent money on?

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Post ID: @1bmz+1ujMxJxa

We apply for many patents, most of which are never used.
Don't get your pa-ties twisted.
I'm surprised this one made it to press. I wonder if it was leaked on purpose to generate buzz?

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