Solar-Powered Laptop with Dual-Sided Display Detailed in Apple Patent

[knightlie]

Yet another example of Apple squashing innovation by protecting themselves. Apple will never make a solar powered laptop and do something as cumbersome as putting screens on both sides of a surface. But they are ensuring nobody else will either.

I know Apple is innovative and comes out with neat stuff, but this whole patent war has to end soon as the whole point of patents are to share innovation, not suppress it. Apple rarely, if ever, cross licenses their patents and IP which is a shame because Apple sits on a large stockpile of potentially great ideas that will never see the light of day (excuse the pun).

Do you work for Samsung? The point of patents is to protect intellectual property, not share it. And they are Apple's ideas, to do with as they see fit.

 

[Technarchy]

This whole solar charging thing seems like kind of a joke... unless of course you have your entire roof of solar panels powering it.

Hybrid power makes sense as a power extender, not as a main source.

 

[taptic]

Hybrid power makes sense as a power extender, not as a main source.

Yes, of course it wouldn't be the main source, but even as a side source I doubt it would make much of a difference.

 

[itr81]

I believe solar power will be about 5-10% of extra reserve power when system main battery is depleted. I'm wondering, if Apple going to include small battery for this solar power storage or will it be used for say powering the keyboard and trackpad? If so I think with solar power we might see battery times go up approx. 1hr to 45 mins increases.

 

[the8thark]

Do you work for Samsung? The point of patents is to protect intellectual property, not share it. And they are Apple's ideas, to do with as they see fit.

Samsung copy first and prep their lawyers second.

 

[charlituna]

Oh god if Apple goes the tablet/laptop-in-one route, I will lose all my faith for the company. Tablet/laptops are probably the most "useless" invention in the field of computing since netbooks!

If Apple really was working on this they would have requested the Patent Office not publish it until they announced it, if they even filed it that early. Making that it was published/filed a huge sign they aren't planning on any such thing. Just another of the dozens of prototypes made, rejected, but filed to let others license

 

[MacLC]

Battleship Battleship Battleship!

Dual sided display??????

Battleship!!!

 

[KdParker]

Go Apple. Bring it on!

I'm with ya....Let see what this will lead to.

 

[Msail30bay]

Oh god if Apple goes the tablet/laptop-in-one route, I will lose all my faith for the company. Tablet/laptops are probably the most "useless" invention in the field of computing since netbooks!

Good God! Calm down…… such a drama queen.

 

[Beachguy]

Oh god if Apple goes the tablet/laptop-in-one route, I will lose all my faith for the company. Tablet/laptops are probably the most "useless" invention in the field of computing since netbooks!

Really? I still have two Netbooks which have proven to be very useful over the 5 or so years I've had them.

 

[Swampus]

I really like this stuff called wire. When you use it, you can leave your computers inside and put your solar panels outside in the sun. You can use this wire stuff to connect them even though they're ten meters apart! Although "wire" is a pretty silly sounding name, I have a feeling that it could really catch on.

ocean wave energy or bust

Good idea, but might set off the liquid contact indicators.

 

[k1121j]

lol

A product that will never see the light of day.

Two screens? Too complex for the average user.too much battery drain. Solar power won't keep this thing going.

you must be one of the people that said yeah right to a touch screen on an iPhone

 

[Kevin L.]

Solar panels on a Mac laptop is nothing new. Who remembers the 1400 with the changeable lids?

 

[macs4nw]

…..The display may be controlled using timing and control circuitry on a display driver board. The driver board may be mounted within a clutch barrel that contains the hinges. The driver board may be mounted within the clutch barrel so that it lies perpendicular to the plane of the display or may be oriented at other orientations such as orientations that are within plus or minus 10.degree. or 20.degree. from perpendicular, orientations that are parallel to the plane of the display, or other orientations…..

Article Link: Solar-Powered Laptop with Dual-Sided Display Detailed in Apple Patent

Color me baffled…..can anyone give me the 'dummies' version?

 

[FutureTechHope]

This is something we have been wishing for

This is a step in the right direction. Remember when some people thought solar powered calculators would be impossible? Right now this would probably be used to minimally recharge the battery, but one day solar power will be able to fully power tablets, laptops and cell phones.

Logitech should be proud of themselves for introducing the wireless solar keyboard.
http://www.logitech.com/en-roeu/product/k750-keyboard?wt.mc_id=global_pr-k750_redirect_112010