March 24th, 2008
MacBook touch concepts
Gizmodo reader David McMillan has whipped up some amazing MacBook Touch concepts, based on one of Apple’s newly revealed double sided panel patents. The concepts use a transparent multi-touch display that can work as a control surface on two sides, both while the device is open and closed.
In the first concept (pictured above), the transparent panel doubles as a keyboard when it’s flipped open. That keyboard can also morph into a control surface and/or mixer thanks to its dynamic, electronic surface. When closed, the panel becomes a transparent touchscreen for the monitor underneath it turning it into a Mac tablet.
Could this be the ultimate hybrid notebook? The only problem with adoption of such a machine would be typing on a flat, non-tactile surface with no haptic feedback. Hmmm, sounds vaguely like another Apple product we know and love.
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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