Chameleon Apple's
The Macworld Expo 2003 begins tomorrow and speculation is rife across many of the Apple rumour sites about what new products will be revealed - colour iPods, the G5 or the iPhone?
An interesting document was found on the US Patent & Trademark Office regarding the patenting of an 'Active enclosure for computing device' by Duncan Kerr, a member of Apple’s Industrial design team.
The invention description follows - "A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a housing having an illuminable portion. The computing device also includes a light emitting device disposed inside the housing. The light emitting device is configured to produce a light effect that alters the ornamental appearance of the computing device."
I wonder how this 'chameleon' effect may transpire in a product, and if we’ll see any evidence of this technology tomorrow?
Posted 9 years, 1 month ago
Looks like this ‘chameleon’ effect might be the backlit keypad on the <a href="http://www.apple.com/powerbook/index17.html">17" Powerbook</a>. Ah well...
Phil · www · 9 years ago