A patented golf ball from Dallas-based Topgolf International comprises "piezoelectric material and a wireless transmitter" along with an integrated gyroscope, magnetometer, and Bluetooth radio, designed to relay speed, spin, and location data without the sensor infrastructure that RFID-based systems require. [Composite illustration. Sources: U.S. Patent No. 12,564,768, Fig. 1A; DI Studio]
A newly patented system assigned to Cornell University generates custom-fit garment patterns from a 3D body scan, "unwrapping" the image into 2D using defined datapoints on the body's surface. Greenville inventor Jie Pei is among those named on the patent. [Composite illustration: Sources, U.S. Patent No. 12555341-B2, Fig. 7A; DI Studio]