Apple Renews Rights to Liquidmetal Technologies' Alloys for Consumer Products

[kdarling]

Cheers.

Any time.

Liquidmetal with its properties excites me. Really sounds like a material which would make a great outer casing for a phone.

Yep. Of course, it acts more like metallic glass, or plastic metal, but those names are nowhere near as exciting as (drumroll) "LiquidMetal". Hmm. Perhaps we should trademark a darker rock and roll alloy called "Heavy Metal"

There are obviously some issues holding it back from being used in mass market products and I hope Apple can overcome them.

Apple's got patents on things like mass manufacturing LM blanks to be melted into molded shapes, so they've definitely been working on it.

it appears Apple may hold exclusive patents and rights on the use of Liquidmetal® with regards to it's use in 3D printing. I believe it has only been licensed for injection molding in the past. This would definitely be in line with what kdarling stated above.

I'm kind of hoping that's part of their plans, too.

Why don't you go and look what liquidmetal actually is.

True, it normally looks more like dull pewter, than that shiny T-1000 movie image.

 

[yellowtruck]

Samsnug

Wow, so many samsung trolls on this topic. When ever I see anyone stateing Apple copied Samsung, its a dead give-a-way.

 

[AngerDanger]

*Facepalm*

Why don't you go and look what liquidmetal actually is.

Certainly, but first I'd like you to go look what a joke actually is.

 

[Dontazemebro]

I'm thinking cost is one of the main reasons why we haven't seen further progress by Apple. This stuff can't be cheap.

 

[wikiverse]

I wonder how Apple can use Liquidmetal AND graphene...

Apple can't. Apple don't actually make any components themselves. They rely on other companies to come to come up with those innovations.

 

[D-Dave]

This is great news for consumers. I'm excited to see Apple take these rights forward into some incredible new revolutionary products. And the best bit Apple's exclusive rights to the technology means samesung et all can't copy this time.

Yeah right....GREAT news for customers...
Wait a second...a company buying exclusive access to a technology for a whole marketsegment and not making a product? Maybe it's just me but that does not seem to be the least bit in consumers interest...but then again, who am I to say that monopolys are bad for the customer.

 

[Tls623]

Someone earlier posted a comment on Visser and LM. LM has issued a statement that says the two have amicably settled their differences.

 

[Acorn]

Tamper resistant screws are a waste of time and resources. To invest in tamper resistant screws for what, so some Chinese company can make money off of the millions of special aftermarket screwdrivers that will be reproduced.

yea thats a good idea.....

 

[leochipmunk]

I was going to invest an obscene amount of money on Monday in this company and wanted to know who else is already or thinking about investing in this penny stock company with huge potential