Why Did Apple Just File a Vaporizer Patent?

[Guest]

Apple has filed for an unorthodox patent, but exactly what it might have up its sleeve is unknown at this point.

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[seenhear]

I've heard of several smartphone makers looking into the ability to "text" or e-send in some way, odors and scents. The only real way to do this (other than waiting for actual star-trek replicators) is to have a device on the receiving end that can concoct what amounts to perfumes using a few basic liquids in varying amounts, then vaporizing them and sending a small puff out to the user. I would not be surprised if this patent has to do with that.

 

[Vic Arios]

Although an Apple E Cig sounds interesting, (Apple E' Smell-o'rama as proposed above less so), more likely this is related to recent advances and stated commitments in area of holographic projection (guessing vapor a possible solution to the "media" problem - plain old air doesn't hold an image very easily).

 

[Peter_207]

Or this could have more to do with a technique for vaporizing chemical compounds for deposition onto surfaces... but the perfume idea is interesting as well...

 

[WakeShark]

I'm thinking it's for a holographic display.
https/www.engadget.com/2014/10/07/interactive-holograms-leia-display-system/

 

[Vic Arios]

Peter 207's notion re "vaporizing chemical compounds for deposition onto surfaces" sounds nebulous enough to be correct answer... Only have no idea what it means. Translation?

 

[Robert_164]

Could Apple be preparing to offer a smellovision?