The most obvious way for Apple to bring their amazing research on multi-touch from the iPhone to the Mac platform would be a touchscreen iMac or tablet laptop, but a recent patent shows Apple might have something more simple -- and powerful in mind.
As it turns out, the Apple interface designer behind the iPhone, Brian Huppi, has a mouse that can sense your gestures in minds. Based on how you splay your fingers out, you could indicate, for example, that you want a contextual click. Or a spread-finger grab-and-scroll. I have been off mice for years now -- a touchpad does me fine, but this could bring me back.
Next-gen Apple mouse may dump scroll ball for touch housing: AppleInsider |
