Apple continues to evolve the hinge it may use on a folding iPhone

A newly-granted patent shows Apple has evolved its previous hinge designs, and is now describing foldable iPhone displays with far more intricate gearing.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 32

Apple wants to cram sensors for everything into Apple Vision Pro

We've already got Face ID sensors and a bunch of health sensors in the Apple Watch, but future Apple devices including the Apple Vision Pro will have many more measuring devices, including one for analyzing breathing through your nose. Here's what else is coming.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 6

Apple Watch & Apple Vision Pro fabrics may get embedded medical sensors

For at least five years, Apple has been researching how it can measure the health of an Apple Watch wearer non-invasively and conveniently, in research that could be applied to the Apple Vision Pro, too.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 2

Judge awards Apple a token $250 in its latest lawsuit against Masimo

A Delaware jury has found smartwatch maker Masimo guilty of infringing Apple's Apple Watch patents on health technology, but limited it to only older smartwatch models that are no longer sold, and awarded the firm the least damages it legally could.

Charles Martin 1 year ago 10

Apple presses on with headset that's an iPhone on your face

Picture safety goggles where instead of glass, you slide an iPhone over your eyes. That was Apple's first idea for the Apple Vision Pro and it will not let it go.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 6

Apple beats patent troll, wins suit over Secure Enclave tech

Apple has won a court victory in a battle against patent troll Identity Security LLC, with a jury deciding that Secure Enclave, used originally to enable Touch ID, did not violate four patents.

Charles Martin 1 year ago 18

Future Apple Pencil could detect colors and textures

Apple could be planning a real-world equivalent of the familiar eye-dropper tool in image apps, where a color could be set by an Apple Pencil tapping against it in an existing image.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 3

Future Apple Vision Pro could help the injured avoid medication addiction

Apple is researching how the use of mixed reality in the Apple Vision Pro may provide pain relief for injuries.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 2

Folding iPhone may be touch sensitive all over

Apple has been granted a patent for touch sensitive control areas including solid-state buttons on any surface of the current iPhone design, and a folding one.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 4

Apple wants to add a flashlight to future Apple Watches

Forget the little light you get from the Apple Watch screen, Apple is researching how to get a brighter external one fitted to a Watch band.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 10

AirPods Max with bone conduction could make phone calls more private

Future AirPods Max or other personal audio accessories could increase the privacy of sound, by using bone conduction to transmit calls or private audio to the user without being heard by anyone else.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 4

Apple won't let go of the idea of a touchscreen MacBook Pro

Despite continually saying a touchscreen MacBook Pro is a bad idea, newly-revealed research shows Apple hasn't stopped exploring the idea.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 11

New Apple research hints at how a Home Hub might be remotely controlled

Just as Apple patented the Apple Vision Pro in plain sight for years, it may now be doing the same with the predicted Home Hub, this time starting with a remote control for the device.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 3

Apple Ring research points to dozens of uses far beyond health monitoring

Apple's latest research into an Apple Ring doesn't just suggest what it looks like, but also positions it at the center of iPhone and Mac control, and as a remote to household appliances.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 2

Arm-mounted haptics could make future iPhone notifications more discreet

Even silent alerts can be audible if an Apple Watch haptic engine is too powerful, but Apple has plans to make notifications entirely private.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 4

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