Apple Files For Patent On Color Changing Cases, Geeks Freak Out

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[Grut]

But I like beige!

[chance33_98]

I want color changing underwear...

[FreePaul]

WOW!! A new major break through in computer technology.

[Grizzly Bear]

Hey, if Apple wants to make MoodMacs thats okay with me. My 4 year old iMac has outlasted my wifes 1 year old Dell, so they must be doing something right.

[Glenn]

Lots of geeks enjoy skinning their visual space. The case seems like a logical extension. Could be like a "mood ring". If their case is purple, stay the hell away for they are in no mood for dumb user questions.

[xm177e2]

Every time you open a porn spam email, your computer will blush.

[ExpatCanuck]

I want color changing underwear...

You just have to wear it long enough and it does that on it's own!

[vannrox]

technique...not the change that is being patented...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Reactionary comments from the unwashed masses are nothing new, but the vindictiveness with which this patent is being greeted surprises even us. The fear of change often brings out the worst in people, especially on the Internet where the lack of reprisals offered by the medium's anonymity practically guarantees rude behavior, so perhaps we shouldn't be that surprised.

The MICROPROCESSOR was the enabling, patentable invention. What color you choose to use the microprocessor to paint the screen with is not.

[metesky]

Most men already have color changing underwear, but some of us forget Underwear Rule #1, especially after a big drinking holiday like New Year's Eve.

[chance33_98]

I was going to make a sick comment but I am just going to think it for all those 900 psychics out there...

[isthisnickcool]

Apple invents new mood ring? Working on new pet rock?

[Textide]

"....Color Changing Cases"

Looks like the article is about some sort of "mood-tower" with the ability to change color, not the screen.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Hmmm. Why would I need my device to change color? I can't see a need for it, but I could be wrong. Apple does come up with some interesting ideas, but despite their hype, they are not doing so well. I saw an article on MacinTouch which stated that Apple was down 18% from the previous year, which was down 35% from the year before that.

Also read another source that was hinting that Apple was possibly not the first to come up with such a device - there was the hint that it was invented by someone else - patent infringement, etc. Well, if true Apple has walked down that path before - they ripped off the Tony keyboard...remember?

If it is Apple's own invention, I really question how a changing color computer would contribute to the computing power of an Apple system. It seems like all flash with no substance.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Looks like the article is about some sort of "mood-tower" with the ability to change color, not the screen.

Does it use the microprocessor to do this? If so, the micropressor is the enabling, patentable invention.

A mood senor is just a parlor trick.

[StockAyatollah]

Not many posts here. The Linux/Mac cult must be having a hard time spinning this so its all the fault of Bill Gates.

[Textide]

It's not a question of how the thing is controlled, it's the thing itself: A case that can change color. Whether it changes with temperature, time, the microprocessor, or the relative humidity is irrelevant.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A case that can change color.

Oh that's different. So useful. Definitely patentable.

I think I am going to get a patent on the Pythagorean theorem. If something as silly as this can be patented, surely the U.S. Patent office has also changed its policy on mathematical formulae.