15 Crazy Futuristic Apple Innovations in the Works Steve Jobs It seems like Steve Jobs is announcing something new and œmagic every other week. And those are just the products that make it to market. (Pics)   To end up with all those insanely profitable gadgets, Apple does a lot of tinkering. Sometimes its engineers invent the iPhone. Other times, they invent things that are just plain crazy. There are too many patent applications flowing out of Cupertino to keep track of easily. Fortunately, theres Patently Apple, a blog dedicated exclusively to monitoring Apple innovation. We pulled 15 of the coolest, craziest gadget concepts Apple has been playing with over the past few months. œiBeam: Its not a laptop or a desktop; this projector-based œdesk-free computer would be a category unto itself œiBike: Everyone runs around with GPS chips in their sneakers nowadays to track their runs and share them online � this is like that for cyclists œiCase: That heartbeat sensor is just one example of the wild smart phone casings Apple is working on œiCharge: A laptop with built-in solar panels! œiComix: Records your progress playing a video game, then creates a custom comic book of your experience œiDim: An ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of your screen to fit your surroundings œiFluxCapacitor: An incremental backup system that Apple calls a  time machine œiHypnotix: Displaying iTunes content as a scrollable spiral. Trippy œiMac Touch: A home computer that could switch back and forth between touch mode and keyboard-and-mouse mode œiMagnet: This idea would bring the MagSafe plugs Apple uses on Macs to portable devices œiMassiveMysteryDock: Apples says this bad boy is a œDock Fixture for testing handheld electronic devices. Even Patently Apple doesnt know what to make of it. œiPrints: A fingerprint scanner for mobile devices. œiShow: Projectors built in to laptops! œiSpecs: Display goggles for video content from a mini iPhone or iPod œiTrainer: This system for the iPod would sense what stage of your workout you were in, and increase or decrease the tempo of your music to motivate you Via Business Insider                             Share ThisSubscribedel.icio.usFacebookRedditStumbleUponTechnorati