Your Apple earbuds, they could get better through an ultrasonic bonding process. Per FreePatentsOnline, a new patent application entitled “Ultrasonically Welded Structures and Methods for Making the Same,” describes how different components could be welded together for a seamless look for the Apple earbuds. Apple describes the new headphones as having an appearance that they […]
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It’s the patents that make life interesting. Per two articles (1, 2) at Free Patents Online, Apple is apparently exploring ways to power its notebooks via fuel cells. “Our country’s continuing reliance on fossil fuels has forced our government to maintain complicated political and military relationships with unstable governments in the Middle East, and has […]
Apple may not make all aspects of your life easier at all times, but they do try to streamline buying more of their products… Per AppleInsider, Apple has updated its official Apple Store application for iOS, adding the new “Personal Pickup” option, as well as an “Easy Pay” feature, which allows customers to pay for […]
It’s the patents that make things interesting. According to Patently Apple, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published an Apple patent application on Thursday detailing two specific plans for an “Inductive Charging System” for iOS devices. Inductive charging is a wireless method using the electromagnetic field to transfer energy over short distances between two objects. […]
This could be weird. But also spiffy. Per a patent application files with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Apple has looked into a flat keyboard that would detect acoustic pulses from users’ taps instead of relying on physical key presses. The patent, entitled “Piezo-based acoustic and capacitive detection,” was published last week and […]