Remote control systems that can distinguish stray light sources
Further support for the contention that Apple is building a Wii-like controller is found in the USPTO patent applications. Apple has applied for a patent for a refinement of a Wii-like controller which uses a number of means to stop interference with the system by reflection, [...]

An interesting patent application from Apple is for a method of informing a user that their phone/device may lose signal before it happens (i.e. if you’re driving along a road it will say “you will lose signal in 15 seconds, allowing youthe driver to pull off the road so you can finish your conversation or [...]

Apple Finder of Lost Objects
Are you like me — do you have more electronic gadgets than you can keep track of? where is that wireless mouse? where is the BlueTooth headpiece for the phone? Where is the damn phone? where is my GPS etc etc etc. Apple engineers have been staying up nights worrying [...]

Apple’s original patent applications for the iPhone showed a product that resembled an iPod Nano more than the iPhone we know today (I’ll call it the iPhone Nano but apparently the project was called the P1). Conversely, the iPhone seems to have been born out of an Apple touch screen tablet concept which, at least [...]