Good news for Apple iPhone and iPad users

  

U.S Patent and Trademark office just approved Apple’s patent that could keep your iPhone’s screen from shattering once it slips from your grasp or jumps from your pocket.

The patent covers a “protective mechanism for an electronic device” that would use a motion sensor to tell the processor when your phone is in a freefall. The processor would then “alter the center of mass of the electronic device” so your phone would not fall on its most sensitive parts like the screen or camera. 

Apple regularly applies for patents on technologies that never make it into the devices you buy, but this is one I personally hope becomes reality sooner rather than later. Just think of the time, money, and embarrassment you would save if your phone could reorient itself to cushion its own fall