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 7 years, 2 months 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 · 7 years, 2 months ago

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