Michal Ždanský Smart accessories "for the body" are increasingly coming to the fore. Yesterday Google published new video of its concept glasses Google Glass and Apple will hopefully not be left behind. In Cupertino, however, they seem to have been dealing with similar accessories for a long time. This is evidenced by a patent filed in August 2011.
The document describes a video device designed to be worn on the body that is built on a flexible display. It records exactly the previous one messages Wall Street Journal a New York Times about upcoming watches using flexible glass technology. According to the illustration in the patent application, it is supposed to be a hand accessory, http://jablickar.cz/objevil-se-patent-applu-nasvedcujici-vyrobe-iwatch/, however, the description of the application does not mention a specific location on the body. Remarkable is the fastening method, which resembles self-winding tapes that wrap themselves around the hand.
The application includes other interesting ideas, such as a component for collecting kinetic energy that would recharge accessories. AMOLED display technology was also mentioned in the concept, which would save battery by deactivating black pixels during display. The device and (presumably) the iPhone will then be connected by a two-way connection, the possible "watch would not only receive information from the phone, but also be able to transmit it, for example from various sensors.
A flexible display is not a utopia, Corning, the company that supplies Gorilla Glass has already developed the technology Willow Glass, which enables a similar application. It should be noted that many of Apple's patents remain a mere concept and will never become a real product or part of a product. Accessories worn on the body seem to be the music of the future, and Apple is not that far away from watches. After all, in his own stores he sold straps for iPod nano 6th generation, which made it possible to carry a music player on the hand.
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m. if it was about recharging with kinetic energy, then such a device would have a great chance of success.