Apple looks at new invisible disappearing buttons for MacBooks

Apple has peered into their crystal ball, and their gaze came upon a future which saw MacBooks with disappearing buttons – now how about that? Apparently, there is a new patent application which describes a disappearing input space that could be featured virtually anywhere Apple wants on the aluminum shell of a MacBook Pro. Dubbed “Disappearing Button or Slider,” it is basically a capacitive touch input that is located on the metal frame of a device. The input will seem to be invisible to then aked eye because it uses the same material as the housing which it comes in, where the utilization of “invisible” backlit holes could make the input selectively visible or invisible for the user. Interesting!

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