The Apple Car may not be on the market for a while, but a recently published patent application shows how Apple may be embedding a radar system of sorts within the bodywork. Per AppleInsider: In Apple’s design, it suggests the use of antennas to transmit a radar beam towards a portion of a field of […]
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Apple could one day use carbon fiber technology to strengthen its MacBook Pro displays, using the inserts to minimize damage to the screen from flexing the notebook’s top section, without adding any significant weight to the portable device, while also making it extremely thin. Given its nature of being designed for portability, notebooks like the […]
A recently published Apple patent suggests that future MacBook keyboards may not feature mechanical keyboard switches, but instead use an “optical keyboard.” The optical keyboard would incorporate a series of emitters and sensors that would measure light. Upon detecting a change in the light, this could be interpreted as input. Per the patent application: The […]
Apple’s future might be foldable. Per a new note addressed to investors from USB, Apple is “steadily working on technology for folding devices. The note suggests that while a folding iPhone is en route, Apple could release a folding iPad. While Apple could release a folding iPad in 2020, the note states that 2021 is […]
Wise Apple sage, seer, and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has stated that Apple is looking to launch an iPhone equipped with both Face ID and an in-display fingerprint sensor in 2020. In a recently released note to investors, Kuo based the prediction on Apple’s patents related to fingerprint on display (FOD) and the continued use of […]