Apple licenses Liquidmetal for future iPhones, iPads?
09/08/2010 |
The Baltimore Sun has found an SEC filing that shows Apple has broadly licensed the intellectual property of California amorphous alloy maker Liquidmetal, perhaps for use in future iPhone and iPad devices. What’s liquid metal?
It’s a mimetic poly-alloy that can create bladed weapons–
No, sorry, that’s from Terminator 2.
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