Here at Macworld we see a lot of strange rumours about various different upcoming Apple products , but until now there has n’t been much chatter about adronebeing in development . That would come out of left discipline , to say the least .
Quietly , however , it looks like Apple has been work in that field for some clock time .
The specialist intelligence sitePatently Apple , which has covered drone - pertain patent activity from Cupertino ’s engineers three times over the retiring year , has now spy two more Apple letters patent in this surface area . Onerelates to pair and unpairing , while theotherdescribes a method acting of remotely control a drone pipe via the nomadic web .
The idea of an Apple droning might be unexpected , but it would n’t come as a surprise to everyone . In fact , back in 2015 , the construct artist Eric Huismancreated several imagesof such a equipment ( one of which we ’ve used as the chief image on this clause ) , constructed of whitened plastic with curve redolent of Old iMac models . The middle layer was jet plane lightlessness to produce an elegant contrast .
This could all come up to nothing , of class . Companies often file patents more in hope than arithmetic mean , and patented projects can symbolise distant speculation or even outright misinformation intended to shake off rival firms off the smell . Even patent that do moderate to a substantial , ship ware can take year to become realness – days in which projects have a horrible habit of running out of money ( unlikely in Apple ’s case , true ) orhitting technological brick walls .
But if , against all the odds , Apple does terminate up releasing a radio-controlled aircraft , could we suggest the blade name “ highPad ” ? Send the bank check to the usual address please , Apple .
This article in the first place appeared onMacworld Sweden . Translation ( usingDeepL ) and additional reporting by David Price .
