15 Futuristic Gadgets Apple Is Dreaming Up (And Patenting)

1. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iBeam": It's not a laptop or a desktop; this projector-based "desk-free" computer would be a category unto itself

2. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iTrainer": 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

3. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iCharge": A laptop with built-in solar panels! (And no, Jason Calacanis didn't make this up)

4. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iSpecs": Display goggles for video content from a mini iPhone or iPod

5. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iRemote": Turn your iPhone into a remote control for just about everything

6. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iTravel": It could be the one stop app for traveling with the iPhone.

7. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iShow": Projectors built in to laptops!

8. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iWidget": These 3D widgets would react differently depending on which side of them a user clicked

9. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iShoe": The "smart garment" system links your iPod to your clothing

10. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iCase": That heartbeat sensor is just one example of the wild smart phone casings Apple is working on

11. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iZapper": A point-of-purchase system for the iPhone using near field communications

12. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iGamer": Is Apple getting into gaming?

13. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System “ iDell": A "modular desktop computer" in tower form; Mac is patenting the PC?

14. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iSmudge": Is touchscreen coming to the MacBook and/or Mac desktops?

15. Apple calls this an Entirely New Category of Computer System "iZapper": A point-of-purchase system for the iPhone using near field communications