Apple Patents a System That Shows Different Apps Different Times Simultaneously
Your iPhone always knows what time it is — but Apple is patenting a way to lie to certain apps about it,…
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Apple Patents a Hybrid Magnetic Voice Coil to Squeeze Better Sound from Tiny Speakers
Apple is rethinking one of the oldest parts of speaker design — the voice coil — by weaving magnetic wire into it…
Apple Patents Chips That Reroute Around Their Own Broken Test Circuits
Apple is patenting a way for chips to detect when part of their own built-in test wiring is broken — and automatically…
Apple Patents a Hybrid Silicon-Oxide Gate Driver for Next-Gen Displays
Apple is trying to have it both ways in display design — combining the speed of silicon transistors with the low-leakage benefits…
Google Patents a Smart Display That Wheels Itself Over to You
Google is patenting a smart display that doesn't wait for you to walk over to it — it drives itself across the…
Google Patents a Haptic System That Sends a Test Buzz Before the Real One
Before your device vibrates to notify you, what if it quietly tested whether that vibration would even work properly — and then…
Apple Patents a Chip Lid That Corrals Liquid Metal Thermal Paste
Liquid metal is one of the best materials for pulling heat off a chip — but it has a habit of wandering.…
Foldable iPhone Patent Reveals Active Screen Stress Management System
Every foldable phone has a crease problem — and Apple's answer might be a mechanical system that literally pushes and pulls the…
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