“While Apple’s self-driving vehicle fleet is the most prominent element of its ‘Project Titan’ research, the company is still working on other areas of the car, including improving the safety of passengers in a vehicle and a sunroof of its own design,” Malcolm Owen reports for AppleInsider.
“A pair of patents granted to Apple on Thursday cover two areas of the driving experience that are often overlooked,” Owen reports. “The first, titled ‘Movable panels with nonlinear tracks,’ describes a sunroof system that uses multiple tracks to slide a panel along the top of the vehicle. ”
“The second patent, “Haptic feedback for dynamic seating system,” explores ways a vehicle could provide passengers with notifications of events via their seat,” Owen reports. “Rather than alerting users by beeps and visual cues, such as those used by systems to prevent lane drift, Apple suggests using the seat itself.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Seats and sunroofs ore proof that Apple is working on actual vehicles, not just some “vehicleOS” they’d license out to others (which was always a stupid proposition, as anyone who’s studied how Apple works for more than 3 minutes knows implicitly).
• I’ve always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do. — Steve Jobs, October 12, 2004
• In order to build the best products, you have to own the primary technologies. Steve felt that if Apple could do that — make great products and great tools for people — they in turn would do great things. He felt strongly that this would be his contribution to the world at large. We still very much believe that. That’s still the core of this company. — Apple CEO Tim Cook, March 18, 2015
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Google buys 20,000 SUVs, Apple gets two dozen VW vans – May 24, 2018
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Apple said to develop car operating system in Canada – October 25, 2016
Apple scales back ‘Project Titan,’ effort no longer includes building own car – October 17, 2016
Apple’s Bob Mansfield reboots Apple Car project, lays off several dozen employees – September 10, 2016
South Korea company’s never-before-revealed battery technology expected to be Apple Car’s ‘secret weapon’ – August 9, 2016
Apple Car: Everything we know about Apple’s mysterious ‘Project Titan’ – July 29, 2016
Apple Car: An operating system licensed to other auto-makers? – July 29, 2016
Apple hires founder of QNX with Apple Car project increasing focus on self-driving software – July 28, 2016
Apple taps Bob Mansfield to oversee Apple Car project – July 25, 2016
The big question is, will they produce a convertible?
A convertible … with a sunroof !
MINI has already done that.
Maybe a convertible that uses the roof material as a solar panel when the roof is opened or closed?
“Haptic feedback for dynamic seating system”
In other words, butt-dialing in reverse.
Hip-tic feedback.
The big question is, what sound system will they use?
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