Universal files new plans for ride and show systems (opens in new tab)

By Robert Niles: I have seven - yes, seven - patent applications for you today from Universal. Let's dive in.First up is . At first glance, that seems like a sketchy attempt to patent a long-standing technology called "floating." You stick a boat and the water, and it floats. What's new there?But imagine a ride that is not actually a boat on the water. What if the "fluid" were something like what we called "swamp juice" on movie sets - the fluid that gets poured into a fog machine? That seems...