Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Patents show Apple has 3D on its mind

Patents show Apple has 3D on its mind

Posted by | Jul 28, 2011 | , |

Two new Apple patents (number 20110175902 and 20110182520) show that 3D is on Apple’s collective mind. The former is for a multilayer display device.

Said includes a first layer operable to display a first display signal comprising a first group of data, a second layer positioned in front of the first layer and operable to display a second display signal comprising a second group of data, and a first graphics processing unit connected to the first layer. The first graphics processing unit may be configured to transmit the first display signal to the first layer.

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Apple, the auto industry needs your help

Posted by | Jul 28, 2011 | , |

Perhaps Apple should approach car companies with a new division to create passenger environments. 

In an online journal (http://macte.ch/iFsXv), Alan Cooper, founder of the Cooper interactive design consultancy, says the Ford Motor Company has “just convincingly demonstrated that being an excellent industrial manufacturer doesn’t automatically mean that you are an excellent maker of digital technology.”

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Greg’s Bite: high tech patent suits

Greg’s Bite: high tech patent suits

Posted by | Jul 27, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

The tech news has had a lot of stories regarding patent enforcement suits lately. Apple is plaintiff in a number of suits against almost every other electronic device company out there. The smartphone war is being fought in both the market place and in the court room.

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