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Patent outlines how vibration/feedback could be added to next-gen Apple Pencil

Your Apple Pencil could one day provide vibrational feedback as you draw. A recently published Apple patent shows how a next-gen Apple Pencil could use haptic feedback, with the use of magnetic fields physically affecting the stylus while it is actively being used to draw on an iPad or iPad Pro, using the force to […]

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Apple patent hints at carbon fiber inserts to help create thinner, stronger displays for next-gen MacBook Pro

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 […]

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Apple patent highlights idea of “optical keyboard” replacing mechanical keyboard for future MacBooks

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 […]

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Apple working on folding iPhone, folding iPad, 2021 release date more likely for folding iPad, which is expected to be released first

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 […]

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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts Apple will incorporate in-display fingerprint sensing technology into 2021 model iPhones

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 […]