Apple is working on how to make a perforated aluminum keyboard chassis with keycaps that incorporate an array of LEDs that can change what is displayed on each key.
New Apple Keyboard could be made from aluminum
New Apple Keyboard could be made from aluminum
Apple files all sorts of patents in order to cover its intellectual property and research from potential copycats — even if the technology is never used. Some patents tend to be incredibly vague or difficult to determine until the product is introduced in reality.
That mostly describes the latest such filing, a newly-granted patent that describes a futuristic MacBook keyboard that can change what is displayed on the keys. However, unlike previous touchscreen keyboard concepts, this would use physical keys and LEDs to perform the trick.
