Hey you , Apple drug user . Have you been waiting — and waiting and hold back — for Apple to make some case - melting upgrades to the MacBook instead of just bumping the specs every few months ? Well , this is it . Maybe . With a chapiter “ M. ”
Those crazy Cupertino kids were just granted a patent for atouch - friendly , solar - powered laptop computer from the hereafter .
As the ( very boring ) example included in the patent lotion dug up by Apple Insider makes clear , it justlooks like a even laptop — but it ’s got some middling bombastic features . The back of the exhibit , for instance , is actually a back - face second exhibit covered in electrochromic glass and solar cells . you could make the glass opaque or cleared with the tap of a key , and it utilize ambient light to reload itself . It will also be touch - sensitive , just like an iPad . On top of that , it ’s also radio transparent basically turn on the whole thing to become one freehanded WiFi feeler .
Now that ’s what I call a MacBook Pro !
Except it ’s not real . Nope . Not even stuffy . Because the letters patent live , we can assume that Apple ’s make a prototype — butdon’t expect this thing to show up in a keynoteany time presently . In fact , some 0f the features detail in the patent are so outlandish that it ’s grueling to think Apple would ever even view fetch them to market . “ Rear - facing video display covered in electrochromic glass ? ” That sounds nerveless with all the words and whatnot , but gravely , what the nether region would you use it for ?
The one matter about this unicorn of a MacBook design that does seem tangible is the solar - powered detail . Apple has actually been awarded five different patents for solar - top executive - related mathematical product , including one for an “ integrated spot sensor and solar assembly ” for the iPhone . That technology includes integrating solar cells into the touchscreen using electrodes that both imbue up ambient light and respond to refer .
So when Apple gets one crazy patent , like this laptop diddy , it ’s a fun little fantasy that may or may not reveal something about the company ’s next steps , and is not necessarily a glimpse of the future shining in over the horizon . When they get half a 12 patents for a case of futuristic engineering , though — well — they’re believably up to something . [ USPTOviaThe Register ]
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