Apple is examining how to produce iPhone cases from knitted fabric instead of molded silicone, similar to not just the braided Apple Watch band, but also potentially like the long-gone iPod Socks.
Apple is researching how to present a 3D Apple AR image on a flat screen, like that of an iPhone or iPad.
Apple is investigating ways to mimic backlighting on a fabric Smart Keyboard for iPad Pro, by using light-emitting regions that are printed onto the keys.
Apple is working on technology that could detect a user's blood pressure by using neutral networks and seismocardiogram data, negating the need for a blood pressure cuff.
Apple goes far to make its devices seamless and attractive, but it wants to go further and create controls that are invisible until you need them.
Apple's interest in magnets is not confined to MagSafe. Instead, we're likely to see more magnetic clasps in the Apple Watch, or in cases for any Apple devices.
A federal judge says there is "serious doubt" about the verdict that saw PanOptis awarded $506 million against Apple, and is allowing a retrial over iPhone 4G LTE patent infringements.
Apple AR hardware may move lenses or external cameras to provide an "Apple Glass" wearer with the right focus for precisely what they're looking at.
Rather than having beeps or pop-up messages, notifications could some day alter the shape and texture of an iPhone, Apple Watch, or MacBook Pro, to give tactile alerts.
Apple is researching new types of user interaction methods, including a system that could trigger certain features if it detects a user is present — including marking a notification as read.
Apple is continuing to research how to ensure the identity of someone presenting an iPhone to a passport official, or using any other digital ID document.
Rather than just spotting whole mistyped words, Apple wants iOS to figure out which letters are wrong, delete those on the fly with little user intervention, and keep the right ones.
Apple Pay could automatically select specific credentials depending on the location, with a future version potentially able to take advantage of an iPhone's ultra-wideband technology to make sure the right card is used.
Apple plans to have your iPhone predict far in advance if you're going to run out of charge today, and warn you in time to do something about it.
Apple is investigating a system that would allow users to control their Apple Watch, iPhone, or other device by blowing on it.
Pop-up retail booths could let customers interact remotely with Apple personal shoppers, as they demonstrate iPhone or other devices through video and AR.
Future MacBook Pro devices could be fully virtual as Apple is investigating creating them in AR, and also assessing when we need a screen break.
Having beaten Apple in a patent dispute, PanOptis is asking for the courts to also award it permanent royalty payment per infringing iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, sold in future.
A future MacBook Pro keyboard may eliminate the switches of the keyboard in favor of a giant touch-sensitive surface that uses force detection and metal deformation to manage text entry.
If Apple's research on how to have its devices register touch without you even needing to press on the glass, you won't need to take off your gloves off to answer your iPhone in the future.
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