08/13/2004, 11:55pm, EDT
Friday, August 13th
Apple submits patent for "chameleonic" enclosure
The patent goes on to add that settings for the LEDs can be user-configured and "may be viewed on a display screen as part of a GUI interface. The light control menu may include light control settings pertaining to the illumination characteristics. In fact, the light control menu may serve as a control panel for reviewing and/or customizing the light control settings, i.e., the user may quickly and conveniently review the light control settings and make changes thereto."
While several sample computer enclosures are illustrated in the patent's images, ranging from a plain box to the original CRT iMac and LCD iMac, no new enclosures are illustrated. In one illustration, however, several peripherals, including speakers, keyboard, mouse, and disk drive, appear to also employ the technology.
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That was old , yes, this is new though
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/13/apple_tablet_mac/
Actually this is in use now, the power adapters (and sometimes the case, see: first iBook) change colors now depending on what they are doing. Not a very impressive use, but still useful
Could all of the warnings been wrong?
Could it be that Apple, not Cyberdyne, is the company that creates the first color-morphing, shape-shifting, sentient - and therefore homicidal - computer ??
It's probably just a new casing for the mini's that morph colors. Now you don't have to 'collect all 5' of em, you can just get one.
:)
This news is so old--pre Macworld san francisco.